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THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



annual pruning. Should the trees get thick they must 

 be thinned, and this may be done when they are in full 

 leaf. Morello Cherries, which bear their fruit on 

 young wood, need no pruning other than thinning 

 the shoots if very thick. The less they are cut the 

 better. 



Pruning Currants. — Young Currants are developed by 

 cutting back, just as other fruit trees are. If by these 

 means the pruner can secure a bush with eight or nine 



Fig. 14.— Pruning Red Currant. 

 a. Side shoots to be cut off at the dark lines. 

 h. Leading shoot to be shortened. c. Shoots cut back. 

 d. A separate leading shoot, e. The side shoots shortened. 



branches nearly a foot apart, the only pruning he need 

 do in the case of Red and White Currants is to cut back 

 the young side shoots to their base, and this may be 

 done in January. The fruit will come on the old, mature 

 branches. With Black Currants the reverse holds, as the 

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