Proceedings of the Farmers' Club. 267 



September 10, 1867. 



Mr. N. C. Ely in the chair; Mr. John W. Chambers, Secretary. 



CURRANT CUTTINGS. 



To an inquiry as to the best method of starting and managing 

 currant cuttings, several members responded. 



Mr. Thomas Cavauach. — Several cuttings can be made from one 

 cane. I would rub oflf all but two eyes of the part which is to be 

 in the ground, and the soil should be well prepared. 



Mr. P. T. Quinn. — Currant wood can be turned into a plant the . 

 year it is grown, by setting any time from August to November. 

 I would make a square, clean cut, have the ground mellow, that 

 the young rootlets may meet with no obstructions, and then push 

 the dirt closely around the bottom of the cutting. The fall is 

 decidedly the best time to commence operations, because in so doing 

 one gets a two year's gro^i;h in one. If it is very dry, some mulch- 

 ing will be required, but generally, at this season, the ground is 

 warmer than the atmosphere, and ninety-eight per cent should live. 

 In starting for making sales of roots, I would have the rows three 

 and a half feet apart, and the plant eight inches in the row. The 

 currant is one of the small fruits which has been very much neglected. 

 The amount of sales is very large, far more than people would 

 imagine, and there is an opportunity for an indefinite extension of 

 its cultivation. 



Mr. Thomas Cavanach. — It should be understood that these direcj- 

 tions do not apply to all kinds of cuttings. 



Mr. Wm. Lawton. — Similar directions apply to gooseberries. I 

 have bushes of this fruit which have been planted from fifteen to 

 twenty years. Two-thirds should be thinned out annually. These 

 and cmTants should be well manured every year. I never fail of 

 having abundant supplies. 



Mr. Solon Robinson. — Mr. Hite, of Morrisania, who is a very 

 successful cultivator of currants, has repeatedly stated that the plan 

 recommended by Mr. Lawton for the cherry currant will not 

 answer. 



The Chair. — The currant has extraordinary durability, both 

 regarding the life of the wood, and the season in which its fruit 

 can be picked. 



PRUNING FRUIT TREES. 



Dr. Israel Jarvis. — In trimming peach trees the old wood should 

 be taken out by degrees, for the fruit comes on new wood. 



