FIG — GOOSEBERRY 427 
with earth. In commercial cultivation, fig trees grow large, and they 
stand 18 to 25 feet apart; but in gardens where they are to be bent over, 
they are to be kept as bushes. 
Adriatic is the most commonly grown white fig. Among the other 
varieties are California Black or Mission Fig, Brown Ischia, Brown 
Turkey, White Ischia, and Celeste (Celestial). 
Gooseberry.— The gooseberry differs little from the currant in its 
requirements as to soil, pruning, and general care. The plants should 
be set 3 to 4 feet apart; 
rows 5 to 7 feet apart. 
Select a rich, rather 
moist soil. The tops 
need no winter protec- 
tion. If mildew and 
worms are to be kept 
in check, spraying must 
be begun with the very 
first sign of trouble and 
be thoroughly done 
(pp. 208, 209). 
The propagation of 
the gooseberry is similar 
to that of the currant, 
although the practice 
of earthing up a whole 
plant, causing every i 
branch thus covered to 277, One of the English-American gooseberries. 
throw out roots, is prac- 
ticed with the European varieties. The rooted ‘branches are cut off 
the following spring and planted in nursery rows or sometimes directly 
in the field. In order to succeed with this method, the plant should 
have been cut back to the ground so that all the shoots are yearling. 
Since the advent of the practice of spraying with fungicides to pre- 
vent mildew, the culture of the gooseberry has increased. There is 
now no reason why, with a little care, good crops of many of the best 
English varieties may not be grown. 
