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in the fall with straw or other similar material 

 will prevent injury caused by "heaving" of 

 the soil. 



Currants and gooseberries should be pruned 

 annually and only the one- or two-year-old 

 wood retained for production. Thinning out 

 in this manner will give better size and quality. 

 Where the currant worm is troublesome the 

 foliage should be dusted with arsenate of lead 

 or Paris green as soon as it is well developed and 

 before the fruit is started. About thirty currant 

 or gooseberry plants will be needed for a loo-foot 

 row, and they can be planted along a fence or 

 other boundary line. 



Blackberries and raspberries should be set 

 3 feet apart in the row, 100 feet requiring thirty 

 to thirty-five plants. Old canes should be pruned 

 out after fruiting and the weaker new canes 

 should be removed when dormant, leaving 

 6 or 8 inches between the standing canes. Lateral 

 branches should be cut back in early spring to 

 about I foot in length and the upright canes 

 cut back to uninjured wood, thus removing about 

 two-thirds of the growth. 



Grapes need severe pruning to produce satis- 

 factory yields of good quality. This is best done 

 in late winter. It is a good plan to prune so 

 that from 15 to 30 or possibly 40 buds are left 

 on each mature vine, depending upon the 



