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are Chautauqua, Columbus, Industry, Triumph, 

 Wellington's Glory, Lancashire Lad, and Crown 

 Bob. Among American varieties are Champion, 

 Downing, Houghton's Seedling, Pearl, Red Jacket, 

 and Smith. In all essential respects, management 

 is the same as for currants, which see. 



" I usually take two-year-old gooseberry plants," 

 writes Phil Strubler of Du Page county, Illinois, 

 " though one-year-old plants grown from layers will 

 do. I prepare my ground by applying a heavy 

 coat of barnyard manure before plowing it under. 

 After this is plowed under 6 to 10 inches deep I 

 put on the plowed surface, usually with a manure 

 spreader, as well rotted barnyard manure as I can 

 get. This is cultivated and harrowed into the soil 

 as well as possible. I then mark the rows for plant- 

 ing 6 feet apart one way and 5 the other. This is, 

 of course, for field culture. For garden culture, the 

 plants can be planted nearer, say, 5x4 feet. 



" I always plant in the fall when possible, say, 

 from the middle of September until the ground 

 freezes. If planted in the last two weeks in Sep- 

 tember there is nearly a year's gain in the growth 

 of the plants the following year. I always draw 

 up the earth around the base of the plants to keep 

 the water from settling around the plants during 

 the freezing and thawing of the following winter 

 and spring. This has a tendency to heave the 

 plants out of the ground. It is well to level the 

 ground around the plants after freezing is over in 

 the spring. 



" Get all the growth out of the plants the first 

 two or three years by good cultivation. Keep them 

 clear of weeds ; go through with a cultivator about 

 every ten days during the growing season. After 

 the second year they need some trimming, but not 



