44 



THE SUBURBANITE'S HANDBOOK 



Cordon Gooseberries only 9 inches between the plants 



After Le Cornu 



Fig. 44 



This whole business of caring for a dwarf fruit garden, while 

 affording the highest pleasure and unalloyed enjoyment, has its cares 

 and responsibilities, and although the work is light and easy, it must 

 not be neglected, but must be performed just at the right time, and 

 in the right manner, from the preparation of the ground to the 

 eating of the fruit, for even that most important work must be done 

 just at the right time, or when the fruit is mellow and in its best 

 condition. In June the necessary summer pruning must not be 

 neglected in order to start right; this may mostly be done the first 

 year or two with a pocketknife or the finger nail. A pinch here and 

 a snip there does the work and leads them in the way they should 

 go ; but for every pinch and for every snip you should have a definite 

 object in view. First decide what you want, and then stick to that 



