GOOSEBERRIES. 



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The plants may be six inches apart, confining each 

 to a single stem : otherwise plant thrice that distance 

 asunder, taking three stems from each as repre- 

 sented in fig. 18. They may first be secured to 

 upright stakes, and eventually to cross-wires fixed 



Fig. 18. A GOOSEBERRY FENCE. 



to posts. All that is necessary is to pinch the side 

 growths which push in summer, as above advised, 

 and let the leading shoot extend. Upwards of 300 

 fine fruits have been gathered from a stem four 

 feet high, and it is remarkable that birds neither 

 attack the buds nor ripe fruit with anything ap- 

 proaching the persistency they often do in the case 

 of ordinary bushes. 



