32 FRUIT GROWING FOR AMATEURS 



Showing the depth 

 at which cuttings 

 of bush fruits are 

 inserted; the 

 greater part of the 

 cutting should be 

 beneath the soil 



Gooseberry cutting ; 



prepared by taking 



out th'e lowest buds 



(B) 



to provide the 

 young trees with 

 ample space for 

 development they 

 should be trans- 

 planted a yard or 

 so apart in the 

 autumn, say 

 during the month 

 of November. 



Young Black 

 Currant trees 

 should be hard 

 pruned for two 

 successive seasons 

 in order to lay 

 the foundation of 

 fruitful specimens 

 and induce the 

 production of 

 growth from be- 

 low the soil. 

 When once a 

 good foundation 

 has been formed, 

 winter pruning 

 simply consists of 

 shortening or re- 

 moving weak, 

 badly placed 

 shoots and old 

 branches to pre- 

 vent overcrowd- 

 ing. Young Red 

 or White Currant 

 trees need hard 

 pruning for two 

 seasons, and then 

 seven or eight of 

 the strongest and 

 best placed 



