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time to prune is the end of February or the beginning of 

 March, according to the locality and the weather. If the 

 operation is perfornaed earlier, the buds left on are much more 



Fig. 3I.>-Red (or Whlt«) Currant pruned. 



likely to be damaged by birds, because there will be fewer 

 for them to eat. If, however, crumbs are thrown out, or 

 any other scraps which birds like hotter than buds, the bushes 



