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young plant gives it a fine send-off, and hastens the develop- 

 ment of a profitable bush. In the field and for market, I 

 would urge that currants be grown invariably in bush, rather 

 than in tree form. English writers, and some here who 

 follow them, recommend the latter method; but it is not 

 adapted to our cUmate, and to such hmited attention as we 

 can afford to give. The borers, moreover, having but a 

 single stem to work upon, would soon cause many vacancies 

 in the rows. 



Currants are grown for market with large and increasing 

 profits ; indeed, there is scarcely a fruit that now pays 

 better. 



Mr. John S. Collins, of Moorestown, N. J., by the follow- 

 ing ingenious, yet simple, invention, is able to drive through 

 his currant and raspberry fields without injuring the plants. 

 " An ordinary cart is changed by putting in an axle fifteen 

 inches longer than usual, the wheels thus making a track six 

 feet and eight inches wide. The shafts and body of the 

 cart are put just as close to one wheel as possible, so that 

 the horse and the wheel will pass as near together, and as 

 near in a line, as practicable. The axle of the other wheel 

 being long, and bowing up several inches higher than ordi- 

 nary in the middle, it passes over a row of bushes with little 

 or no damage. Thus, fertilizers can be carried to all parts 

 of the field." 



Of course, it would not do to drive through bushes laden 

 with fruit ; but after they were picked, such a vehicle could 

 cause but little injuiy. 



In the garden and for home use there is the widest lati- 

 tude. We may content ourselves, as many do, with a few 

 old Red Dutch bushes that for a generation have struggled 

 with grass and burdocks. We may do a little better, and 

 set out plants in ordinary garden soil, but forget for years 



