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canes of the season should all be removed ; then 

 in the spring, cut back all canes. This makes 

 them stockier and stronger. They should be 

 supported by wires stretched on either side and 

 fastened to crossway pieces attached to stakes 

 driven at each hill, for these fruits should be 

 planted in hills, too. 



Plantations are generally renewed every five 

 or six years, although with good care yearly, 

 they last longer. The yield varies from 1200 to 

 10,000 quarts an acre ; the difference lies partly 

 in the canes, and partly in the cultivation. 



The home garden would scarcely be complete 

 without currant and gooseberry bushes. They 

 are easily grown, the gooseberry, in particular, 

 requiring very little care and yielding large re- 

 turns. It can be grown in clayey soil, though 

 like the currant, it prefers a deep, moist, rich 

 soil, especially a rich soil. 



Strong one-year-old plants are the best to set 

 out, and two- or three-year-old canes yield the 

 best and largest quantity of fruit. All wood 

 older than that should be carefully pruned. 

 The same cultivation applies to both — well 

 rotted stable manure and shallow spring tillage. 



The worst pest is the currant worm, which 

 eats the leaves almost as soon as they unfold. 

 Dust the bushes with powdered hellebore when 



