BUSH FRUIT PRODUCTION 



distinctly a cool-climate fruit. It feels most 

 at home in a cool, moist, fertile loam, but can 

 be grown on lighter soils in the North. In low 

 wet land, the gooseberry is often attacked 

 and seriously injured by mildew, a disease 

 which does little damage to the currant. 



Propagation of Gooseberries 



Gooseberries may be propagated from hard- 

 wood cuttings, as described for currants, but 

 some vigorous varieties, like Downing, do not 

 root well from cuttings and here layering 

 usually is employed. 



Like currants, gooseberries root well when 

 branches are bent to the ground and covered 

 with earth. That method is satisfactory when 

 only a few plants are desired. For larger 

 numbers of plants, mound layering is em- 

 ployed. Mature plants are cut back severely 

 in autumn, which induces a vigorous growth of 

 new shoots in the following spring. About 

 the first of July these shoots are mounded 

 with earth to leave only the tips exposed. 

 English varieties are given two seasons in 

 which to root, but American sorts root quickly 

 and may be taken up in the fall, stored over 

 winter, grown in nursery rows the following 

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