GOOSEBERRIES PR UN ING. 2 1 5 



the advantage, but when the object is large ripe berries there is no comparison between 

 those perfected by a pruned branch, R 2, and those of an unpruned, Q 1. If gathered 



Fig. 65. CHABACTERISTIC GROWTHS OP GOOSEBERRY. SUMMER AND WINTER PRUNING. 



References : Q, last year's shoot unpruned bearing fruit : b, spurs ; c, terminal growth ; d, shoot ; e, point of 

 pruning in previous autumn to form spurs close to the main branch. R, spurs and shoot, the result of shortening 

 Qto e : /, spur ; g, spur fruiting ; h, shoot pinched ; i, portion nipped off ; /, point of winter pruning. S, shoot not 

 shortened : k, spur ; /, spur in fruit ; m, shoot ; n, point of shortening in summer ; o, point of winter pruning 7', 

 erect spreading bush back branches not shown ; p, worn-out primary branch in summer ; q, point of cutting it out 

 after gathering the fruit ; r, subsidiary branches in fruit ; s, side shoots shortened ; t, terminal shoots topped ; 

 u, successional base growths to supplant worn-out branches ; v, branches with side growths shortened ; w, branch with 

 all summer shoots ; x, branch with all summer shoots in winter, showing waste a crop of twigs ; y, point of winter 

 pruning side shoots ; z, branch (summer pruned) in winter, showing small parts (detached) needing removal ; a, worn- 

 out branch in winter to be cut out at q ; b, dead spurs ; c, subsidiary branch left entire to supplant a ; d, subsidiary 

 branch winter pruned ; e, side shoots spurred in ;/, spurs ; 1 and 4, unpruned branch berries ; 2 and 3, pruned branch 

 fruits. 



young the produce of the branch Q is three and a half times more remunerative than 

 that of R; if both are allowed to ripen, one berry of R, as shown in 3, contains 



