GOOSEBERRIES. 



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not only are the spines removed, but the buds are 

 cut out except five at the top, also that the end is 

 cut off above the highest bud If four of the 

 buds grow, as may be expected, and extend equally, 

 the branches thus produced lay the foundation of 

 the future bush. The end of the cutting for inser- 

 tion in the ground is cut square across, almost close 

 to the lowest bud, and not midway between the 

 buds or the stem. The knife cannot possibly be too 

 sharp for this purpose, for if the bark is bruised by 

 a blunt one the end of the cutting may decay, in- 

 stead of first swelling, then producing roots. It is 

 by attention to what the uninitiated may regard as 

 trifling matters that success is achieved. 



The next step on- 

 wards is shown in 

 miniature fig. 14, in 

 which the cutting in 

 a year from its inser- 

 tion is transformed 

 into a tree well rooted, 

 and with four stout 

 branches, and a sucker 

 springing from the base. This sucker, however, 

 shows bad, not good, workmanship, for it proves 

 the bud from which it has issued was not completely 

 cut out, as all buds should be in making the cuttings. 



Fig. 14. GOOSEBERRY A YEAR FROM 

 THE CUTTING. 



