THE GOOSEBERRY. 
No fruit is easier of propagation than the gooseberry, 
and it should find its place in every garden. 
It should be protected from suckers, like the currant, 
and like that, it loves a deep, rich, moist soil: it can 
scarcely be too much enriched. The north side of an 
open fence or hedge will do well for it, but it should 
not be placed under the shade of trees; open ground 
is far better. It should be so carefully and thoroughly 
pruned as to admit the air and light freely, and it is 
well to train it up into little upright bushes or small 
trees. 
The English varieties are much subject to mildew in 
this country. Mr. William Newcomb, of Pittstown, 
N. Y., a very successful horticulturist, wrote me that 
he always in the spring placed three inches of hog- 
manure under every bush, and raised the best English 
varieties in that way in the greatest abundance and 
perfection, without its being affected in the least by the 
mildew. 
Mr. D. Haines, near Elizabethtown, N. J., informs 
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