THE GOOSEBERRY. 99 



Clearing the Weeds from the Cuttings. 



This article, as recommended for the 

 culture of Strawberry and the Raspberry, 

 may be very advantageously applied in 

 the propagation of these trees, by cut- 

 tings planted in the w^arm summer months, 

 to protect them from the more violent or 

 mid-day sun ; but on their being planted 

 not earlier than the latter end of July, or 

 beginning of August, a superior protection ' 

 or shade will be afforded by the HeliantJius 

 Tuherosiis, or Jerusalem Artichoke^ planted 

 and cultivated as has been directed for pre- 

 serving the fruit of Strawberries beyond 

 their common season. 



About Michaelmas, when the soil is dry, 

 and before autumn, or winter rains fall, 

 with a sharp hoe, four inches wide, cut up 

 and clear away all weeds growing in and 

 between the rows of cuttings; on making 

 even the surface throughout the bed, lay 

 rotten and finely broken hot-bed manure, 



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