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joint of those that go below the surface of the ground, ex- 

 cept the two lower ones, which prevents a superabundance 

 of- suckers from afterwards being thrown up by the roots; 

 and, in transplanting the young layers, it is best to pursue a 

 similar course. 



The gooseberry flourishes most in situations where it can- 

 not feel the effects of our intense noonday sun, and it will 

 withstand an exposure to cold far better than to one of heat. 

 It seems to have reached the achme of its excellence in 

 Lancashire, in England, and in Scotland, where the air is 

 rarefied by the breezes of the ocean, and where the atmos- 

 phere may be considered as possessing a considerable de- 

 gree of humidity. The climate of Rhode-Island I have no- 

 ticed as being particularly favourable to it, which may be 

 accounted for by the strong approximation it bears in cli- 

 xnate to the countries before mentioned. In all cases, the 

 gooseberry should be kept free from suckers, and trained 

 near the ground to a single stem, this mode of training them 

 being found to cause a far greater product in quantity, as 

 well as an increase in the size. They need much attention 

 in other respects, and one-third of the old wood must be re- 

 gularly trimmed out every autumn, by which means a suc- 

 cession of thrifty bearing wood will be kept up ; as the finest 

 fruit is produced on the young shoots of the previous year's 

 growth, it is also necessary every antumn to dig in a plenty 

 of old well rotted manure around them. This treatment 

 will cause them to'grow strong, and the fruit to be large 

 and fair. Where the summers are very hot, a northern 

 aspect is preferable, and the fruit will be twice the size, if 

 they are planted against a north fence, or in any other situa- 

 tion where they are sheltered from the intense heat of noon- 

 day, which, when differently situated, often scorches the fruit 

 to such a degree as to entirely stop its growth. 



Varieties, These are so numerous that it would be use- 

 less to attempt to describe them about fifty of the finest 

 kinds will be found in the Catalogue. 



RASPBERRIES, 



This fruit was originally discovered by the Greeks grow- 

 ing on Mount Ida, whence the specific name Id&us. At 

 present we have not only many varieties of the above, but 

 several other species, which are cultivated for their fruit in 

 our g ardens : among ^Yhicl^ the Common Red> which is sent 



