SMALL FRUITS 



feeds the plant, and the wood ashes help to keep 

 the borers away from the stem as well as to sweeten 

 the soil. Their enemy is the currant worm which 

 feeds on the leaves of currants and gooseberries and 

 can eat all the leaves on a plant in a very short time. 

 As soon as the leaves are open, spray the bushes 

 with Arsenate of Lead, then when Mr. Currant 

 Worm arrives his poison will be waiting for him. 

 Gooseberries also have a mildew, so we spray with 

 Bordeaux as well as Arsenate of Lead. You can put 

 one spray on as soon as the other has dried or you 

 can buy the two poisons already mixed. Then one 

 spraying will both poison the insects and prevent 

 mildew. 



These bushes grow quite large, so give them 

 plenty of room about five feet. The blossoms and 

 fruit grow on branches one year old. Each year 

 new stalks come up from the ground, grow all sum- 

 mer and have fruit the next year. The branches 

 that have borne fruit should be cut out after two 

 years and the younger branches allowed to take 

 their place. You can grow red and white Currants 

 and American and English Gooseberries. The 

 English Gooseberries look like tiny trees, and the 

 berries are larger than the American varieties. Re- 



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