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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



March, 1913 



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CURRANTS IN THE HOME 

 GARDEN 



CURRANTS are very easy to grow and 

 if given even a little care will produce 

 abundantly. Twelve hushes should be 

 enough to give a family of ordinary size 

 all the fruit desired. 



Currants require different treatment 

 from raspberries and blackberries, because 

 they bear on wood which is two years old 

 or older. As the hushes develop, two or 

 three new shoots should be kept growing 

 from the roots, some of the oldest wood 

 being cut out every year. In this way the 

 plants will he constantly renewed and will 

 he good for twenty years. It is hest to 

 plant currant bushes about three feet apart 

 and they must have plenty of air if they 

 are to do well. Planting them along a fence 

 or building is not wise, unless they stand 

 at least six feet away. A partially shaded 

 location will not be unwelcome, though, so 

 that they may be placed in an orchard if 

 deemed desirable. It is important to keep 

 the plants cultivated and free from weeds. 

 Currants bear surprisingly well even when 

 neglected, but do not produce the fine, hand- 

 some fruit that results from good care. A 

 rich and rather moist soil is preferred by 

 the currant. It is well to throw a shovel- 

 ful of manure around the base of each 

 plant in the Fall, and if the season is dry, 

 a mulch of old hay or straw may be placed 

 around the bushes to keep the soil cool and 

 moist, or buckwheat may be planted be- 

 tween the rows after the fruit has been 

 formed. 



Currant worms are almost certain to ap- 

 pear early in the Spring, beginning their 

 work near the bottom of the bushes, where 

 they will remain unseen for some time 

 unless watch for them is kept. They can 

 quickly riddle the leaves and so must be 

 promptly checked. Hellebore is the stand- 

 ard poison and may be applied to the 

 foliage dry or as a liquid. An easy plan 

 is to mix a little flour with it and dust it on 

 the leaves in the morning while they are 

 wet with dew. A second application will 

 be needed two weeks later. 



Cuttings are easily made, so that the 

 amateur need buy only a few plants if he 

 is willing to wait three years for a larger 

 plantation. Half-ripened wood is cut into 

 six-foot lengths and placed four inches 

 deep in the ground. Roots will quickly 

 form and in the Fall the plants thus made 

 may be planted about twelve inches apart, 

 in a fairly sheltered spot. The following 

 Fall they will be large enough to set in 

 the rows where they are to remain and the 

 next year will bear a scattering crop. 



Wilder, White Grape and Cherry are 

 g-ood varieties, but Fay's Prolific, an old- 

 time favorite, is an excellent currant to 

 choose if the soil is rather light. — The 

 currant is wonderfully hardy and needs no 

 Winter protection. 



HOW THE WIND CARRIES PEB- 

 BLES OF LARGE SIZE 



IT has been proved that a wind having a 

 velocity of 23 meters per second is capa- 

 ble of transporting through the air particles 

 of sand only when they do not exceed 2 

 millimeters in diameter. Yet occasional 

 "rains of stones" of much larger size are 

 observed. Thus there is a record of the 

 fall of stones in the Canton de Vaud having 

 diameters ranging as high as 1^> centi- 

 meters and of weights up to 2.62 grammes. 

 The nearest region whence they could have 

 come was Maures and Esterel. The case is 

 known also in Chateau Landon of small cal- 

 careous stones of 3 centimeters diameter 

 being carried 150 kilometers. 



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