GOOSEBERRY GROWING IN ONTARIO. 



Fig 1395.— " Pearl." Reduced \. 



Kinnon's fruit garden. He has the 

 finest acre of Pearl gooseberries we have 

 ever seen, under the very best of culti- 

 vation and fertility, and for two years 

 past his bushes have been a marvel of 

 fruitfulness, but both seasons he has lost 

 the fruit from sun scald about July ist, 

 just before he was prepared to harvest 

 them. He is so discouraged that he has 

 resolved to root them out entirely. 



We do not see that there is any money 

 in growing any of the smaller varieties 

 of gooseberries for profit unless prices 



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improve ; but, as we said at the outset, 

 if any one has the location for growing 

 the large varieties, there would no doubt 

 be some money in them. 



A moist clay soil with good drainage, 

 and a northern aspect, is, we believe, 

 the ideal place to grow gooseberries ; 

 and if any reader has such a place, 

 we advise trying Whitesmith, Lord 

 Dufferin, Crown Bob, and Industry. 

 Our foreman grows Lord Dufferin in 

 such location, and has excellent suc- 

 cess. Our illustration of this berry is 

 tiken from a branch grown by him 

 in 1897, on the northside of the Ni- 

 agara Escarpment, on moist heavy clay, 

 with natures drainage. 



The gooseberry needs plenty of man- 

 ure for best results, and no one should 

 make the mistake of supposing that 

 shade is an advantage. Because the 



Fig. 1396. — '-iNDrsTRv' Bf.fore Pruning, 



Fig. 1397. — " Industry " After Pruning. 



gooseberry and the currant will succeed 

 in shade better than most other fruits, 

 many people consider it a benefit, but 

 this is a mistake, for the best results can 

 only be secured in the open air. 



For pruning the gooseberry the best 

 season is the winter, because it is then 

 easier to see what wood ought to be re- 

 moved. Fine gooseberries can only be 

 had by thorough attention to this work, 

 which consists in thinning out about half 

 of the old wood each year. 

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