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ABOUT GOOSEBERRIES. 



While it seems impossible to grow the finer foreign gooseberries in 

 this country, owing to mildew on foliage, we may enjoy such native 

 varieties as Houghton, Downing, etc., with as little care and expe- 

 rience as currants. Indeed, says Josiah Hooper in JYeic York Tri- 

 bune, it seems curious that not more of the latter are planted, owing 

 to their abundant crops and culinary usefulness. It is possible for 

 any one to raise the young plants with little trouble, and without any 

 previous experience. Houghton or American Seedling is usually 

 grown from cuttings of mature wood during autumn, made into 

 lengths of about six inches and either set at once in rows or tied in 

 bundles and buried in an upright position in the soil. Fall planting 

 is preferable provided it be done early, and the cuttings protected dur- 

 ing winter by mulching. Fibers form whenever the ground is not 

 frozen, and if set in autumn or even in very early spring they will 

 have obtained a very firm hold before hot, dry weather can hurt them. 

 The Downing gooseberry will not readily grow from cuttings, but if 

 the young shoots are bent to the ground, pegged down, and covered 

 with soil, roots will start out during summer and by fall will be 

 ready to separate from the parent plant. Gooseberries delight in 

 deep, rich, moist soil ; no other plant responds more quickly to gen- 

 erous applications of manure. It pays to treat the gooseberry well 

 if fine fruit is desired; it is useless to permit them to grow at will as 

 too many cultivators do. 



FORESTRY IN DAKOTA. 



WHY TREES WILE GROW AND HOW TO GROW THEM. 



The following extracts are taken from a paper written for the 

 American Forestry Congress, by J. C. Duffey : Within the borders of 

 Dakota are 3,000,000 acres of native forests. These consist of pine, 

 black and white spruce, burr oak, white elm, white birch, ash, mul- 

 berry, ironwood, juniper and many other species of less value. A 



