212 PREPARING FOR WINTER QUARTERS. 



(or she) is descended from Adam. We will, 

 therefore, return to those products of the garden 

 that appeal to the grosser sense of taste. 



Currant and gooseberry bushes should "now 

 be pruned ; that is, old, half-dead wood cut out, 

 and all trimmed into shape. If more plants are 

 desired, cuttings from the new wood, grown 

 during the past summer, can be made and set 

 out about a foot apart in the row. The cuttings 

 may be from five to eight inches in length, and 

 should be put in the ground about four inches, 

 and the soil made firm around them. They 

 then may be left to grow one or two seasons, 

 according to convenience, and afterwards put 

 where they are to fruit. Good soil, freedom 

 r rom weeds, and liberal use of pruning knife, are 

 all that the currant and gooseberry ask in order 

 to make regular and full returns. Strong plants 

 may also be had by bending the bushes down 

 and covering them partially with earth, or bet- 



