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most of them are gathered green, birds and boys do 

 not take much of the fruit. Good well-managed 

 young bushes will yield a quart of fruit in three 

 years after planting, and this, at a shilling a peck, 

 and the bushes three feet apart, or threepence a tree, 

 would be at the rate of ,60 an acre ; but at the end 

 of three years every other bush would need to be 

 taken out and replanted elsewhere, so that the whole 

 would be six feet asunder. 



Hedges of gooseberries are easily formed with 

 stakes and wires, and more fruit can be had from a 

 given space of ground in that than in any other way. 

 Whinham's Industry, Lancashire Lad, and White- 

 smith are good sorts for cottagers to grow for cooking 

 or preserving ; for eating ripe Early Sulphur and Red 

 Champagne. Currants, well grown, are equally profit- 

 able, full crops of black currants especially, these liking 

 strong, rich, moist land, and they do not object to 

 some shade. Red currants like drier land, yet fertile 

 and sunny positions. Black currants to plant, Black 

 Naples and Lee's Prolific. Red, Red Dutch and Vic- 

 toria. White, the White Dutch. Methods of raising 

 gooseberry and currant bushes are shown on page 48 

 Lecture III. ; but the lower buds need not of necessity 

 be taken from black currant cuttings. In the case of 

 the red and white kinds, also gooseberries, it is 

 imperative. 



By comprehending the chief points in the cultiva- 

 tion of the important crops alluded to, as briefly set 

 forth, and carrying out the instructions thoughtfully 

 and well, there cannot be a doubt that a much higher 

 standard of productiveness would .be established in 

 gardens and allotments than now generally prevails, 

 and they would give to the tillers a good return for 

 their diligence and skill. 



