CURRANTS AND GOOSEBERRIES 85 



form, vigor of growth, and susceptibility to 

 disease. The height can be determined quite 

 closely, though the same variety grows taller 

 or shorter in different soils and under differ- 

 ent treatment. In form some plants are 

 much more bushy, spreading, or inclined to 

 sprout, than others. Vigor of growth can best 

 be estimated by observing the new wood 

 which the plant makes annually. Nearly all 

 our currant bushes are peculiarly susceptible 

 to disease, though a few varieties are compar- 

 atively immune. 



The foliage should be described as regards 

 the form, size, thickness, color, and covering 

 of the individual leaves. The terms com- 

 monly used in botanical and horticultural 

 description are applicable here. There are no 

 special descriptive terms. 



Gooseberries 



The outline for the description of goose- 

 berries would naturally be very much like 

 that for currants. As no one seems to have 

 adopted any definite form for regular use, the 

 accompanying suggestion (Fig. 29) is offered. 



The only noteworthy points of difference 

 between this form and the one already out- 



