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GARDEN GUIDE 



Pruning Currant shoots 

 1, Twig should be cut 

 back to bud as shown in 

 Fig. 3. No. 2 shows torn 

 snag 



If planted four feet apart they will soon 

 grow up and fill the space between each 

 plant. 



The Currant worm is one of the worst 

 pests we have to deal with. Powdered 

 hellebore dusted on the plants is a good 

 remedy, but they should be watched for 

 carefully as soon as the foliage appears, and 

 kept destroyed until the foliage becomes hard. 

 There is some danger in using a liquid in- 

 secticide because the fruit is small and it is 

 almost impossible to wash off all traces of 

 poison. 



Currants are usually propagated, from 



cuttings made of the ripened shoots, and root quite freely if put 

 in during the Fall. The best varieties are: 



Red. FAY'S PROLIFIC, sweet, large and very productive. CHERRY, 

 large and very prolific. POMONA, a new variety; keeps long 

 after getting ripe. 



Black. CHAMPION. Berries large and of good quality. 



White. BAR-LE-DUC, WHITE GRAPE. 



This luscious fruit is not much grown, but serves a purpose as a 



culinary fruit. It makes a good subject for planting between 



plots, as a fence, or along walks, as it can be pruned hard and kept 



within limits, trained on a wire fence for support. Planting may be 



done in the Fall and a crop of fruit can 



GOOSEBERRIES be had the first year. Very little prun- 

 ing is required, as the plants usually grow 



short jointed wood, and keeping the plants thinned out so that the 

 fruit may have exposure to the sun and air is all the pruning necessary. 

 Like Currants, the Gooseberry is subject to the attack of worms 

 (caterpillars), which soon denude the plants of foliage and make them 

 unsightly, as well as preventing the proper maturity of the fruit. 

 Dusting with powdered hellebore is one of the best remedies and 

 should be applied as a preventive as soon as the foliage expands. 

 Mildew often attacks the Gooseberry and causes trouble, but spraying 

 with a solution of sulphuric acid, one part to one thousand parts of 

 water, will control this disease. It may be borne in mind that eight 

 teaspoonfuls make one fluid ounce, 16 ozs. make a pint, and there are 

 eight pints in a gallon. A teaspoonful of sulphuric acid to a gallon of 

 water is therefore a safe amount. 



