134 APPENDIX. 
Burr’s New Pine, Black Prince, Pennsylvania, Me- 
Avoy’s Extra Red, (rather acid,) Boston Pine, Alice 
Maude, Longworth’s Pyolific, Excellente, Walker's 
Seedling, Beach’s Queen,-Large Early Scarlet, Ange- 
lique. But I rather think I will stop, for I know not 
where this may lead me. Barr’s New White and Bicton 
Pine are both large white varieties; the former is best. 
You also tell me you mean to add some directions 
about the culture of currants, gooseberries, and other 
small fruits, as well as the grape. These things should 
be better grown than they generally are. -Gooseberries 
and currants are usually seen as a mass of half-decay- 
ed branches, without form or sightliness. It is next 
to impossible to bring these into shape, or develop 
their maximum productiveness. It is better to begin 
anew. Procure plants struck from cuttings; grow 
them with a clean stalk not less than six inches in 
height; prune them every winter, keeping the heads 
well open, and shorten in last season’s growth in the 
currant, but not in the gooseberry. These fruits are 
generally planted against the fence, or in some out-of- 
the-way corner, just where they should not be. Give 
them an open exposure, plenty of manure, and good 
culture, and you will be amply rewarded. The Red 
Dutch is best for general purposes; but Knight’s 
Sweet Red, Cherry, Prince Albert, White Grape, and 
others, may be added where there is room. 
The raspberry and blackberry are also desirable in 
a garden, furnishing a delicious fruit at an opportune 
season. They both require a deep, rich soul. The 
blackberry may be planted against an east fence, and 
the raspberry against a west fence—about the best 
