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the previous year, they must be treated differently. All the 

 best of this young wood should be left at full length , and only 

 when it is weak and crowded should it be cut. At the same 

 time the old stems on which the young wood is borne do not 

 last for ever, and if any of them have passed their useful 

 stage, they should be pruned off, in order to promote the growth 

 of younger and more vigorous stems. 



PROPAGATION OF CURRANTS. 



Currants of all kinds are easily propagated by means of 

 cuttings. Young shoots taken off at a joint, with the lower 



Fig. 37 — Currant Clwrwlng Moth. Abovt, grub In tftMt. 



buda rubbed off, should be inserkHi firmly in tho open ground 

 in September or October. They may be planted out in the 



