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tltree by six. Manure ground well, and plow or spade deep before setting. Keep th« 

 branches trimmed and trained ou< so as to admit the sun, and have plenty of fine 

 mulch scattered over the surface. 



Note. — Many are deterred from setting this fruit on account of the depredations of 

 the " Currant Worm. " These, we have found, are very easily destroyed by sprinkling 

 over the bushes while they are wet, and as soon as the worms are first noticed, ana 

 orce or twice after, a little powdered white hellebore. 



VARIETIES. 



Red Dutch, — A well known, reliable and productive sort, yielding immense crops 

 of fruit yearly. 



Cherry. — A very large, glossy red currant. Fruit of extraordinary size, and bears 

 fine crops. , 



La Versailles. — A new and very extraordinary large bunched currant — the bunches 

 measuring three to four inches in length, and fruit of large size. 



White Grape.— The finest white currant grown. Size large, and of a beautiful 

 transparent white. Yields large crops. 



There are a number of varieties of currants, but we think the above four sorts com- 

 bine in some way the characteristics of all others that are worthy of cultivation. 



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GOOSEBERRIES. 



This fruit is gaining in popularity and importance every year. It is being large.y 



used in all of our large cities for pies, catsup, jell, canning, &c. They can be shipped 



in bulk in any shaped boxes that is convenient, and being so wonderfully productive 



prove very profitable. "We hope this fruit may be- improved, so that we can have as 



1 hardy and productive sorts, and as free from mildew, as the Houghton Seedling, with 



! the size and flavor of the Smith's White. Cultivation same as the Currant. 



VARIETIES. 



Houghton Seedling. — A vigorous grower; branches rather slender; very produc- 

 tive; not subject to mildew; fruit of medium size ; skin smooth, pale red ; flesh tender 

 and very good. 



Mountain Seedling. — Fruit larger than the above and fully as productive ; otherwise 

 similar. 



There are a number of very large Englisn sorts, but as they mildew so badly, and it 

 is such a hard matter to raise them, we do not fill up space with the description of such. 



TO RAISE PLANTS OF CURRANTS AND GOOSE- 

 BERRIES. 



The best time to do this is as soon as the leaf drops in autumn. Trim out the new 

 growth, cutting it up into cuttings, about four to six inches long. Then draw a line 

 as heretofore described, and with a spade open a trench, with one side perpendicular. 

 Set the cuttings along this trench against the perpendicular side, having the top bud' 

 come about even with the surface. Pack the soil against them firmly, and by winter 

 they will root nicely. Cover over these just as winter sets in with a deep mulch of 

 some coarse material to prevent them from "heaving." Draw this off in the spring, 

 keep well hoed and cultivated, and by fall thev will make splendid roots. If it is not 

 convenient to set them in the fall, get the cuttings ready before winter sets in and bury 

 about a toot deep, and set out in the spring. Uy burying they will get nicely calloused 

 and nearly every plant grow. 



