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ing. If these points were carefully weighed, replant- 

 ing would doubtless be much more frequent than it 

 now is. 



HARDINESS 



Cold has apparently no eifect on the gooseberry, 

 at least such temperatures as are likely to be reached 

 anywhere in the United States, and even far to the 

 north. It stands unprotected through our severest 

 winters without the loss of a bud, but if moved 

 southward it soon becomes uncomfortable. It can- 

 not endure scorching summer suns. 



YIELD 



Average yields of any fruit are hard to give, for 

 results vary so widely. Full grown plants, vigorous 

 and well cared for, ought to yield from five to eight 

 quarts per plant, or, roughly speaking, from 300 to 

 500 bushels per acre, with plants four by six feet 

 apart. One grower from Canada reports* one -half 

 bushel per plant, set at this distance. This is excep- 

 tional, and should not be considered as a basis for 

 estimates. At the Geneva (N. Y.) Experiment Sta- 

 tion, in 189 l,t plants gave an average of over ten 

 pounds of fruit each, or about eight quarts. This 

 would make about 450 bushels per acre with plants 

 set four by six feet apart. Fuller! says that from 



*Popular Gardening, 2:145. 

 t Annual Rept. 1891:474. 

 tSmall Fruit Culturist, p. 222. 



