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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 
