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can be put up in the winter, posts set 40 feet apart. 

 Care should be taken to have the line of posts run 

 exactly with the line or row of dewberries, so the 

 wire when stretched from post to post will be 

 directly over the vines. The vines or canes should 

 be tied up on the wire the latter part of March, one 

 year after they are planted. This should be done 

 very carefully, the hills barred off and fertilizer 

 applied at the rate of 800 to 1 ,500 pounds an acre. Ap- 

 plying the fertilizer with a disk drill is a good way. 

 Any high-grade fertilizer will do that will analyze 

 3 per cent ammonia, 12 per cent phosphoric acid, 

 and 10 per cent potash. I give these general out- 

 lines, but a man must be governed by local condi- 

 tions, study his land and feed it accordingly and 

 watch results." 



THE GOOSEBERRY 



Like the currant, the gooseberry does best in a 

 cool climate. The northern states and, in the south, 

 the mountains, are best adapted for this fruit. Like 

 the currant, also, the gooseberry does best on moist 

 soil. Its chief enemy is the gooseberry worm. 

 (See Currant.) Properly managed gooseberries 

 furnish abundance of fruit, which can be used long 

 before it is ripe, for making pies and jam. Until it 

 is ripe, it is very acid, and often when fully ripe, 

 many of the varieties are still tart. For four to 

 six weeks, or even longer, either green or ripe, it is 

 a particularly valuable fruit for the home garden 

 and the local market on these accounts. 



There are two general classes of varieties — the 

 English and the American. The former are not 

 considered as easy to manage as the latter, but 

 usually they are of superior quality. Among them 



