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YIELD 



Perhaps no fruit grown varies more in yield than does 

 the currant. This is largely owing to the fact that it 

 will grow and produce something under almost any kind 

 of treatment. The average yield for the United States 

 in 1909, according to census figures was only a little more 

 than forty bushels to the acre. Yet there are growers who 

 report as high as 250 bushels. With good care they ought 

 to yield from 100 to 150 bushels an acre. It should be 

 remembered that there are many drawbacks to the pro- 

 duction of all kinds of fruit. While such yields may seem 

 easy to obtain, when compared with the exceptional 

 ones occasionally reported, it will be found that only by 

 high culture and careful attention to details will even 

 these yields be reached. In garden culture, from two to 

 four pounds per bush may be expected. As instances of 

 exceptional yields, five and one-half tons from one and one- 

 fourth acres, or 220 bushels to the acre, have been re- 

 ported from the Hudson River valley, six quarts to a 

 bush, or 320 bushels to the acre from Ohio, and sixteen 

 tons from three acres from Wisconsin. Let no one mis- 

 take these for probable yields, in forming estimates of 

 the results likely to follow prospective planting. Such 

 yields tend to awaken enthusiasm on the part of the 

 novice, but while the currant is one of the most produc- 

 tive of the small fruits, such returns are seldom secured 

 on a commercial scale. 



