70 GOOSEBERRY. 



curing them. The cuttings should be taken from promising 

 shoots just before the leaves begin to fall in the autumn; 

 the greatest part of the buds should be taken off, leaving 

 only two or three buds on the top. Cut them at such a 

 length as the strength and ripeness of the wood will bear ; 

 and plant them in good pulverized soil. On the approach 

 of winter, lay some moss or litter around them ; and, by 

 being well cultivated, they will be fit to transplant when they 

 are a year old. 



When bushos are procured from the public nurseries, let 

 the general supply be in such kinds as will ripen in succes- 

 sion. They may be planted in the kitchen garden, in single 

 rows, along the side of the walks or paths, or in compart- 

 ments by themselves, in rows from six to eight feet apart 

 from row to row, and five or six feet apart in the rows ; 01 

 in small gardens, they may be trained to a single tall ntem, 

 and tied to a stake ; this, though six or eight feet high, occa- 

 sions scarcely any shade, and it does not occupy much room, 

 nor exclude air, while, at the same time, the stem becomes 

 closely hung with berries, and makes a pleasant appearance in 

 that state. Persons of taste may train them on arched trel- 

 lises, and if they are judiciously managed, the ground around 

 them may be more easily cultivated ; the fruit may be kept 

 from being splashed with rain, and may be easily gathered 

 when wanted, or preserved by shading with mats, &c. Those 

 who may have a choice of soil and site, should fix on a good, 

 rich, loamy earth, and plant some of the choice kinds in a 

 northern and eastern aspect, near the fence, to come late in 

 succession. 



The Gooseberry produces its fruit not only on the shoota 

 of the pi'eceding year, and on shoots two or three years old, 

 but also on spurs or snags arising from the ulder branches 

 along the sides ; but the former afford the largest fruit. The 

 shoots retained for bearers should therefore be left at full 

 length, or nearly so ; the first pruning should be done before 

 tuo buds swell, so as not to endanger their being rubbed off 



