November Autumn Work for Summer 



Raspberry. No fruit is more easily grown than the 

 Raspberry ; all one has to do to keep the plants healthy 

 and free bearing is to plant in well-prepared soil, mulch 

 the surface in summer to keep the roots cool, and, in 

 autumn, cut out the canes which have borne fruit, tying 

 in those which have developed during summer ; they, 

 of course, will bear the following year's crop. These 

 remarks apply to the ordinary summer fruiting Rasp- 

 berries. Autumn fruiting kinds need different treat- 

 ment, for they bear fruits on the current year's stems, 

 and are therefore hard pruned cut to within a few 

 inches of the ground in February. Of summer Rasp- 

 berries good red sorts are Superlative and Norwich 

 Wonder; attractive yellow varieties are The Guinea 

 and White Antwerp. Of autumn Raspberries the chief 

 are Red and Yellow Four Seasons. 



Gooseberry and Red and White Currants. The 

 first-named fruit thrives in ordinary garden soil, and is 

 of the easiest cultivation. The only drawback, from the 

 amateur's point of view, is its liability to attack by 

 caterpillars, which play sad havoc with the leaves if 

 allowed to spread. Methods of coping with this pest 

 are, to remove 2 or 3 inches of the surface soil in winter, 

 adding fresh material ; to dust the bushes with lime and 

 soot in early summer, when they are moist ; to destroy 

 as many caterpillars as possible by handpicking ; to 

 spray with Paris gijeen or arsenate of lead poisonous 

 compounds which must not be used within six weeks 

 of gathering the fruit. I feel sure that amateurs would 

 derive most satisfaction from Gooseberries and Red 

 and White Currants by growing them as cordons, with 

 one, two or three branches each. A large number can 

 be accommodated in a small space ; they are easily and 

 conveniently pruned and attended to; the gathering of 

 the fruit is easy, and they bear splendid crops. Cordons 

 may be planted against a north or east wall, or a wire 

 trellis alongside the garden walk, wherever there happens 



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