THE CURRANT. 



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or 2i feet high will do well for these espaliers. Occa- 

 sionally one of the old limbs will decay at the base, 







when a young leader must supply its place. This is the 

 whole theory of pruning and training the Gooseberry, 

 and it is very simple. 



The Currant. 



The pruning of the Red Currant and the Black Cur- 

 rant are two quite different things. It will be observed 

 that the Red Currant bears its fruit upon the old wood 

 or spurs seated on the old wood, while the fruit of the 

 Black Currant is produced upon the young wood, i.e. 





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the fruit comes upon the wood made the preceding year. 

 This circumstance at once suggests how to proceed in 

 the pruning of each class. The Red Currant must first 

 be formed into shape as a standard, as an espalier, or 



