ThK C'aNAI'IAN HORTICUI.TURISl 



r.l.ACK (■ IK RANTS. 



I'^ use them for the table, with sugar, tlie same as red ones, but for 

 this purjjose they need to be thoroughly ripe : we make jam of 

 them, and can them for winter. Jelly and cordial, which are 

 highly esteemed for medicinal jjurpose.s, can also be made from 

 them. The jelly is thought to be particularly beneficial in cases 

 of sore throat, and the cordial in summer complaints. 



It has always seemed strange to me that more attention has not 

 been paid to them, for their cultivation is attended with very little trouble, and 

 we have always found a ready sale for them in market. In fact, with us, the 

 demand has always been greater than the supply, and the price obtained a little 

 better than that paid for red ones. 



The bushes are easily propagated from cuttings, which can b planted either 

 in the fall or in the spring. With proper cultivation they make rapid growth 

 and bear (luite abundantly the second season after planting. They are 

 long-lived, some on our premises being more than twelve years old to my 

 certain knowledge, and they still bear fruit in great profusion. They are not 

 troubled by the currant worm. Some think that by planting red currant bushes 

 among the black ones the former escape the ravages of the currant worm, but I 

 am not (}uite prepared to vouch for that. So far as I know, they are not 

 troubled by any blight or disease. 



Currants are so much more easily picked than strawberries or raspberries 

 that they find favor in my sight. The stooping position necessary in picking 

 strawberries is very tiresome, and one comes out of the raspberry season with 

 hands scratched and full of thorns and garments as badly rent as if she had 

 sojourned forty years in the wilderness. 



To those who are raising small fruits for market, I would say try some black 

 currants. If you have any English customers you are sure of a market for them. 



A writer in / 'iik's Magazine. 



AMOUNT OK SEED 



A»paiiiKU8, l)e(l of 15 8(j. yanls. . . . 1 l 



Beans, broiid, row HO feet 1 j ' 



Beet, row .iO feet -' < 



Broccoli, 4 siniare yards 1 



BriiHKelH Sprouts, 4 s(|uare yartls. . 1 



('al)l>aj,'e, Ix-d of S K<|iiare janls 1 



("anot«, flrill of I "JO feet 2 ■ 



(JarrotH, lied of I'i wjuare yards . ... '1 



Cauliflower, 4 Hiiuare yards 1 



Celery, 4 sijuare yards 1 



( TCHB, 3 mjuare yards - 



Kiidive, 4 s(|uare yards I 



Kale, 4 Hi|iiaic yards I 



Kidney Beans, r;)W XO feet 1 i 



FOR DIFFERENT AR1:AS. 



t. I Leek, 2 .s(|u«ie yard.s 1 <>/. 



t. Lettuce, 4 s(|naie yards 1 



/.. ! Mushroom, 7 Kiuarc yard.s 1 l>us. 



I Onions, !> s(|uare yards - oz. 



. , I'arsley, row SO "feet \h 



Parsnip, drill of 'JOO feet '-' 



Peas, early, low (iO feet U l>t. 



, Peas, large, late, row 80 feet. .. . \\ 



Potatoes, low :«) feet \ pk. 



i Radishes, 4 scpiare yards L\ oz. 



, I Savoy, 4 ."iniare yards 1 <■ 



I Spinach, 10 si|uaic Viirds 'J 



. 1 Spinacli, .hill of I'jil tVct. '1 



It. I Turnip, 4 s(|uaie yards 1 ' » 



