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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1913 



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THERE may be good reasons for growing cher- 

 ries, plums, currants and gooseberries as 

 campanion crops, especially in the family fruit 

 garden where the space may be limited. Currants 

 and gooseberries thrive better in partial shade 

 than do most fruits, and the shade of the smaller 

 growing trees such as cherry and plum, or dwarf 

 pears and apples, affords very favorable conditions 

 for currants and gooseberries, especially the English 

 gooseberries, which are often affected by sunscald 

 when growing without shade. 



Success is more easily attained with these com- 

 bination crops in deep rich loam, and if it is a rather 

 heavy clay loam, well drained, the gooseberries and 

 currants will produce a larger crop. Lighter and 

 more shallow soils should have humus incorporated 

 with them, and a mulch that will retain moisture 

 should be placed on the surface, after early culti- 

 vation, before mid-summer, If you have no choice 

 of soils, litmus paper will tell you if it is sour and 

 needs lime; it needs draining if the water stands on it 

 after a rain or if it packs. If it will not grow a large 

 crop of corn, it needs more humus and plant food; 

 if it will not grow clover, it needs lime. 



Generally, it is a good thing to apply stable 

 manure to the plot selected for the combination 

 cultivation of tree and bush fruits, and plow it 

 under in early spring. Then harrow the soil finely, 

 and plow three straight furrows four feet apart; 

 the next one six feet away, the next one six feet, 

 then two four feet apart, etc. With this plan there 

 are two rows of trees twenty feet apart, and between 

 them three rows of bush fruits three feet apart. 



The trees and bushes should have been ordered so 

 that they will arrive as soon as the land is ready for 

 planting, and the planting may be done any time 

 before the leaves come out. Usually the last of 

 April or the first part of May is the best time in 

 New York. Two year old stock from a near-by 

 nursery is the best, the varieties selected being 

 those adapted to your climate and location. It is 

 safest to ascertain what other people near you have 

 grown successfully, adding a few of the novelties for 

 experiments. If you cannot grow peaches without 

 special protection, do not invest largely in sweet 

 cherries; but if you can, then buy a few trees of 

 Windsor, Bing, or Black Tartarian, and a few of such 

 sour sorts as Montmorency, English Morello, and 

 Richmond. If you are not in the peach belt, order 

 only the sour cherries. I would prefer to grow 

 mostly cherries with bush fruits, and grow plums in 

 the poultry yard, as the cherries live longer, are 

 more hardy, and are less susceptible to disease; but 

 I have seen plums grow well with bush fruits between 

 them, and I would make my choice from the best of 

 Japanese and European sorts. 



Wilder and Fay currants are among the best of 

 the reds, and White Grape is one of the best whites. 

 One needs to give much thought to the selection 

 of gooseberries. The English gooseberry, Industry, 

 is being very successfully grown in New York under 

 special treatment. Generally the American varie- 

 ties will thrive under about the same conditions as 

 currants; one of the best is the Downing. The Eng- 

 lish gooseberry is larger than the native varieties 

 and much richer, and from it is made the best goose- 

 berry jam. When ripe it is the best table goose- 

 berry. To grow it with much success in this coun- 

 try, it must be thoroughly sprayed. A lime and 

 sulphur wash best controls mildew and. leaf blight, 

 and arsenate of lead can be combined with it to des- 

 troy the currant worm. 



Plant currants four feet apart in the rows pre- 

 pared for them. It is better to root prune them 

 somewhat, then deepen the furrow with a spading 

 fork, so that the bush will stand a little deeper than 

 in the nursery. Tread some fine rich surface soil 

 around the roots, and pour in a little water slowly 

 if the soil is dry. Place a mulch around the bush, 

 cut back the top about one-third, and you have 

 done the job rightly. The same directions will 

 ■apply to planting the trees but plant them 20 feet 

 apart each way. 



Begin cultivation with a horse and garden culti- 

 vator soon after planting. The width of my own 

 cultivator can be adjusted from one foot to six 

 feet, and it has 12 small teeth, so it is just right for 

 running between these rows of different widths. 



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