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in the open ground. The market for currants is easily 

 overstocked (236). 



4. The imported currant worm is readily controlled by 

 spraying with water containing hellebore powder in sus- 

 pension (238). The currant borer may be held in check 

 by spraying the stems with water containing Paris green, 

 and by cutting and burning infested stems (239). 



5. The leaf spot of the groselles may be prevented by 

 timely sprayings with ammoniacal copper carbonate or 

 Bordeaux mixture (242). 



6. The fruit of the gooseberry is generally used imma- 

 ture, for sauces, canning and preserving (244). 



7. The gooseberry is commonly propagated by mound 

 layering (245). 



8. The gooseberry mildew may be prevented by spraying 

 with Bordeaux mixture or a solution of potassium sulfide 

 (248). 



9. The strawberry plant comes sooner into bearing and 

 is cultivated over a wider range than most other fruit 

 plants (249). 



10. The strawberry plant multiplies itself from runners 

 which root at the nodes. The stem tends, year by year, to 

 project itself above the ground, making the roots shallower 

 in the soil and exposing the flower-buds more to the 

 weather (250). 



11. The flowers of many varieties of the strawberry bear 

 little or no pollen; such varieties are fruitful only when 

 grown near others that yield abundant pollen (252). 



12. The strawberry is commonly cultivated in narrow 

 beds (matted rows). The plants are mostly renewed each 

 season by narrowing the matted rows after fruiting. The 

 spaces between the rows should be well cultivated, except 



