The Home Garden 



her of bushes will yield so generously that few 

 families will need more. 



The currant likes a rather heavy soil. One 

 containing considerable clay suits it better than 

 a light loam, but it will do very well in the 

 latter. One thing it insists on, however, if you 

 would have it bear good crops of fine, large 

 fruit, and that is, plenty of manure. It is a 

 gross feeder, and no one need be afraid of 

 using too much fertilizer in the currant patch. 



Plants are easily grown from cuttings. Take 

 half -ripened wood for this purpose. Cut it in 

 six-inch lengths, and insert all but about two 

 inches in the ground. In a short time roots 

 will form. Set the plants thus secured in rows, 

 in early fall, about a foot apart. Let them 

 grow there until next season. They will be good, 

 strong plants by fall. As soon as their foliage 

 begins to show signs of ripening, set them in 

 the rows where they are to fruit. There should 

 be about four feet between the plants, and the 

 rows should be six feet apart. Take up the 

 young plants carefully, and make sure that 

 the earth is packed firmly about their roots. 

 Though there will be no more growth of top 

 this season, they will be establishing themselves 



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