GOOSEBERRY. 



only two or three buds on the top. Cut them at such a 

 length as the strength and ripeness of the wood will bear ; 

 and plant them in good pulverized soil. On the approach 

 of Winter, lay some moss or litter around them ; and, by 

 being well cultivated, they will be fit to transplant when 

 they are a year old. 



When bushes are procured from the public nurseries, let 

 the -general supply be in such kinds as will ripen in 

 succession. They may be planted in the kitchen garden, 

 in single rows, along the side of the walks or paths, or in 

 compartments by themselves, in rows from six to eight feet 

 apart from row to row, and five or six feet apart in the rows ; 

 or in small gardens, they may be trained to a single tall 

 stem, and tied to a stake : this though six or eight feet high, 

 occasions scarcely any shade, and it does not occupy much 

 room, nor exclude air, while, at the same time, the stem 

 becomes closely hung with berries, and makes a pleasant 

 appearance in that state. Persons of taste may train them 

 on arched trellises, which, if judiciously managed, the ground 

 around them may be more easily cultivated ; the fruit may 

 be kept from being splashed with rain, and may be easily 

 gathered when wanted, or preserved by shading with mats, 

 &c. Those who may have a choice of soil and site, should 

 fix on a good, rich loamy earth, and plant some of the choice 

 kinds in a Northern and Eastern aspect, near the fence, to 

 come late in succession. 



The Gooseberry produces its fruit not only on the shoots 

 of the preceding year, and on shoots two or three years old, 

 but also on spurs or snags arising from the older branches 

 along the sides ; but the former afford the largest fruit- 

 The shoots retained for bearers should therefore be left at 

 full length, or nearly so ; the first pruning should be done 

 before the buds swell, so as not to endanger their being 

 rubbed off in the operation. Cut out all the superfluous cross 

 shoots, and prune long ramblers and low stragglers to some 

 well placed lateral of eye : retain a sufficiency of the young 

 well situated lateral and terminals^ to form successional 

 bearers. In cutting out superfluous and decayed wood, be 

 careful to retain a leading shoot at the end of a principal 



