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trellises (as on Fig. 229), or tied to wire screen (Fig. 232). 

 The best method, probably, is to tie to stakes, allowing 

 three to six canes to each stake (Fig. 233). 



Currants and Gooseberries 



The canes of currants and gooseberries bear 

 several times, but the first two or three crops are 



230. Well pruned. 



231. Poorly pruned. 



the best. It is therefore desirable, after the 

 plants have come into bearing, to cut out one or 

 more of the oldest canes each year, and to en- 

 courage as many new ones. The bush is, there- 

 fore, constantly renewed. If the old canes are 

 allowed to remain, the fruit becomes small, the 



