96 RATIONAL FRUIT CULTURE. 



Red Currants or Black. The bushes are liable to become dense 

 masses of shoots unless they are thinned severely. Most of 

 this thinning should be done in summer. Gooseberries make 

 excellent cordons. 



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Fig. 31.— Gooseberry Corden. 



PESTS OF TOE GOOSEBERBY. 



The chief pests of the Gooseberry are the Magpie moth 

 (see page 60), Currant clearwing moth (see Currants), Cur- 

 rant and Gooseberry sawfly (see Currants), Gooseberry borer, 

 Gooseberry mite, Gooseberry scale (see mussel scale, for treat- 

 ment) , mildew (see page 75), and American Gooseberry 

 mildew. 



Gooseberry Mite. — When the foliage loses its green colour 

 without any apparent reason, the presence of this pest may 

 be suspected. It infests the lower side of the leaves, but 

 can be seen only through a magnifying glass. Spray with 

 parafEn emulsion, especially underneath the leaves, for which 

 reason the syringe should have a curved nozzle. 



Gooseberry Borer. — The caterpillar of a small moth 

 (called the V-moth, because of the shape of the reddish-brown 

 mark on each of its grey wings) bores into the berries. In 

 May and June, when the moths are on the wing, spray the 

 bushes with paraffin emulsion, and burn all fallen berries. 



American Gooseberry Mildew. — I'his is one of the '■ noti- 

 fiabli' diseases." If it occuis in any garden, the owner ii< 

 liable to a penalty of .ilO, unless he at once notifies the Board 

 of Agriculture, or its local representative, so that an expert 

 may \ic sent to deal with the matter. Here, then, it is neees- 



