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fallen, or can be rubbed off, for cuttings. These 

 may be eighteen inches or more in length, and the 

 eyes or buds must be carefully cut out of the lower 

 six inches, which insert carefully in sandy soil. 

 Do not remove the tops of these cuttings, but place 

 a tall stick to each, and secure the leading shoot to 

 it as it extends, pinch the side growths that push 

 from the stem as soon as two leaves form, and as 

 often as other growths follow pinch the tips out at 

 one leaf. Continuing the practice, the stems are 

 covered with green leaves, which assist them to 

 thicken, and the sap flows the more freely upwards 

 to support the head. Allow the leading growth to 

 attain a height of four feet, then, when the leaves 

 fall, cut off the top at a little bole w that height, and 

 four or five shoots will push in the spring for form- 

 ing the head. At the end of the third year all the 

 pinched back growths may be cut from the stem. 

 But what is the use of such trees ? They can be 

 grown by the sides of paths in gardens with other 

 crops between and under them, the Currant crop 

 being practically a distinct gain, and of substantial 

 value. A small sketch will explain the matter 

 better than a thousand words. A strip of ground 

 about five feet wide is occupied with dwarf Currant 

 bushes along the side of a walk. Managed as 

 above described, these bear 20lbs. of fruit each; but 



