The Canadian Horticulturist. 53 



The only rule with large vines upon arbor or house is to remember that each 

 bud will produce a shoot and that buds multiply with a rapid ratio on a vigorous 

 growth. 



The remarks of Mr. Pierce regarding the encouragement of stout, young, 

 and thrifty shoots in old apple trees are in line with our own experience at 

 Maplehurst. Our old orchard, nearly one hundred years old, had been always 

 kept pruned up closely, all shoots in crotches and on limbs carefully clipped off, 

 until every bearing portion was almost beyond reach of the ladder. A few years 

 ago the writer determined to allow a few vigorous shoots in various parts of the 

 trunk, crotches and branches to grow. They have shown double the vigor of 

 the old limbs, borne far the finest fruit, and to-day constitute the larger portion 

 of the top of the tree. 



THE GOOSEBERRY. 



The gooseberry is a neglected fruit with us, and, as the autumn is the best 

 time for starting a plantation of it, we want to say a few words in its favor. The 

 market is very rarely over-supplied with the fruit, and a reason for this is that it 

 can be gathered and marketed through a long season, instead of all having to be 

 harvested and sold at one time. The green berries sell readily almost as soon 

 as they are large enough to be picked, and bring then the best prices of the 

 season, but this is equalized by the fact that later on they are much larger, and 

 a bush will yield more quarts. A gooseberry bush at two years from the time 

 of planting should yield three quarts of fruit, and after that five quarts a season. 

 An average retail price is about 10 cents a quart. The crop is almost a certain 

 one, for if the worms are kept off, which may be easily done by the use of helle- 

 bore, the only other enemy which they have to fear is mildew. Our native 

 varieties are not much subject to that. The plants should be set on cool, moist 

 soil, and a partial shade does not injure them. Close pruning will increase their 

 productiveness and tend toward making them longer lived. The fruit is the 

 earliest of any we* may have from our home gardens, and, for this reason only, 

 should be more widely grown than it is. In planting we advise procuring one 

 year plants in preference to those older. Give good cultivation, a regular manur- 

 ing in the fall, and a cool mulch in the summer to protect the roots, and we 

 think you will have no cause to complain at the profit which a small patch of 

 the fruit will give you. — Western Plowman. 



Mrs. Billus (after the company had gone) : "Johnny, you shouldn't have 

 eaten those preserved fruits. They were not intended to be eaten. They were 

 put on the table to fill up." Johnny Billus : "Well, that's what I used 'em for, 

 mamma." -Boston Globe. 



