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ries in the currant as in the gooseberry. Autum- 

 nal planting is preferable to the spring. They 

 should be set at about five feet distance each way, 

 and no branches suffered to grow within five or 

 six inches from the ground ; all the laterals below 

 this being rubbed off, and the bushes grown in the 

 form of a small tree. The insects which infest 

 the gooseberry are the same with this fruit, and 

 the same method used for their extermination. 

 Currants and gooseberries, when planted by the 

 sides of walks and alleys, are very cumbersome, 

 in general. It is better to plant them in quarters 

 by themselves, and to make new plantations every 

 fifth or sixth year; for young plants produce 

 handsomer fruit than old ones, and more plenti- 

 fully. 



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There are numerous varieties of this fruit, and 

 new sorts are constantly being produced in Eu- 

 rope, as well as in our country. The late Presi- 

 dent of the London Horticultural Society, of Lon- 

 don, Thomas Andrew Knight, had not less than 

 four hundred varieties of this fruit in his garden, 

 almost all of his own raising. Few plants multi- 

 ply more readily than the strawberry, either by 

 succors from the main stem, or by runners, which 

 extend to a considerable length, and strike root 

 at every joint, from which a new plant springs. 

 These, when rooted, are separated from the parent, 

 and planted out where they are to remain. They 

 are also increased by seeds. 



The Alpine varieties are thus raised by many. 

 The seeds are sown in the spring, in a bed of light 



