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FRUIT AND ITS CULTIVATION. 



applications of liquid manure will be beneficial, increas- 

 ing the size of the berries. To protect the fruit from 

 birds, enclose each tree in a piece of fish-netting. 



Culture on Walls and Fences- The Black Currant may 

 be grown as a fan-trained tree against east or north walls 

 or fences. Red and White Currants may also be grown 

 in a similar fashion, or as cordons. The former should 

 be planted 6ft., and the cordons about ift. apart. Those 

 grown on a north aspect will ripen their fruit a month 

 later than those grown in the open garden. A good way 



Fig. 27. A FOUR-YEAR-OLD 

 RED CURRANT TREE. 



Short lines indicate where to prune 

 in winter. 



Fig-. 28. AN ESTABLISHED 

 RED CURRANT TREE. 



Main branches furnished with fruit 

 spurs the result of careful summer 

 pruning. 



of utilising vacant space between wall-trained pears, etc., 

 is to plant it with cordon Red and White Currants. The 

 trees should be trained in a vertical position. 



Mode of Bearing. The Black Currant bears its fruit 

 on the shoots of the preceding year's growth; also on 

 spurs on the older wood. Red and White Currants bear 

 their fruit on spurs of the old wood, and at the base of 

 the previous year's growth. 



Summer Pruning. This is only practised in the case 

 of Red and White Currants. It consists of pinching off 



