SOO AMERICAN GARDENER, 



the American in taste any more than in bulk. 

 It is well known that this valuable fruit is, in 

 many parts of this country, spread over the low 

 lands in great profusion ; and that the mere 

 gathering of it is all that bountiful nature re- 

 quires at our hands. This fruit is preserved all 

 the year, by stewing and putting into jars, and 

 when taken thence is better than currant jelly. * 

 The fruit, in its whole state, laid in a heap, in a 

 dry room, will keep sound and perfectly good for 

 six months. It will freeze and thaw and freeze 

 and thaw again without receiving any injury. It 

 may, if you choose, be kept in water all the 

 while, without any injury. I received a barrel 

 in England, mixed with water, as good and as 

 fresh as I ever tasted at New York or Phila- 

 delphia. 



306. CURRANT. There are red, white and 

 black^ all well known. Some persons like one 

 best, and some another. The propagation and cul- 

 tivation of all the sorts are the same. The currant 

 tree is propagated from cuttings ; and the cut 

 tings are treated as has been seen in Para- 

 graph 276. When the tree has stood two years 

 in the Nursery, plant it where it is to stand; and 

 take care that it has only one stem. Let no limbs 

 come out to grow nearer than six inches of the 

 ground. Prune the tree every year. Keep it 

 thin of wood. Keep the middle open and the 

 limbs extended; and when these .get to about 

 three feet in length, cutoff, every winter, all the 

 last year's shoots. If you do not attend to this, 

 the tree will be nothing but a great bunch of twigs, 

 and you will have very little fruit. Cultivate 

 3iPd manure the ground as for other fruit tree c - 



