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if the (hoot advance much beyond the reft, or if it turns 

 its end down to the ground, as goofeberries often do, 

 then in fuch cafes they Ihould be Ihortened. 



Propagate Goofeberries and Currant Trees. 



Plant cuttings of goofeberries and currants: this is aa 

 expeditious and plenteous method of propagating thefe 

 fhrubs. 



In choofing the cuttings, let it be obferved they mufl 

 be ihoots of the laft fummer'sproduftion. Let them be 

 taken from healthy trees, and fuch as are remarkable, 

 according to their kinds, for bearing the iineft fruit: 

 having procured fuch cuttings, let each be fhortened 

 from about ten to twelve, or fifteen to eighteen inches 

 long, according to its llrength, and plant them in a 

 (hady border. 



Let them be planted in rows crofsways the border, al- 

 lowing ten or twelve inches between row and row, and 

 put every cutting near halfway into the earth. 



Thefe Ihrubs may alfo be propagated by fuckers from 

 the root ; which may now be taken up with roots, and 

 planted; the ftrongeft at once where they are to remain, 

 and the reft in nurfery-rows, for a year or two, &c. — 

 But fome object to fuckers, contending that they never 

 produce fuch large fruit as thofe raifed by cuttings, and 

 are apt to run very much to wood ; though there is na 

 very material difference. 



However, good cuttings may be preferred, and treat 

 them as above ; they will be well rooted in one year, and 

 the third will bear fruit, 



DreJJing the Stranvherry Beds. 



The ftrawberry beds ftiould, fome time in this month,, 

 have their winter drefling. 



Choofe a dry day to do this work, and the method i& 

 this : let all the runners or ftrings be cleared away clofe 

 to the head of the plants ; then let the beds be tho- 

 roughly cleared from weeds, and let all the rubbiih be^ 

 carried off the ground. 



Then if there be room between the plants, let the 

 earth in every bed be loofened to a little depth with a 

 fmall fpade or with a hoe; but take care not to difturb 

 the roots : then fet the line, and mark out the alleys 

 their due width : this being done, let the alleys be im- 

 mediately 



