98 CURRANTS MAY BE PLANTED. 
When the trees are planted at these distances, vege- 
tables may be grown between the rows for a few 
years, sufficient at least to pay current expenses, 
that is, rent of land, taxes, labor, &¢., &e. 
This can readily be done, in locations where land 
is high, without material injury to the trees, pro- 
vided enough manure is applied to perfect the 
growing crop. Potatoes, carrots, beets, onions and 
turnips, are the kinds least likely to harm the trees. 
Strawberries, when permitted to make runners and 
cover the whole surface, are quite as likely to retard 
the growth of trees as any of the cereals. The latter, 
on no account, should be sown on a young orchard. 
I know of some instances when two-thirds of the 
trees were stunted by one crop of rye. 
When the location is within a short distance of 
a good market, in the vicinity of any of our large 
cities, currants may be planted three and a half feet 
apart, and midway between the pear rows. We 
have followed this plan for a number of years, and 
have made it pay a handsome profit. When the 
trees attain size enough to require all the ground, 
it is an easy task to remove the currant bushes, 
For the Jast seven years, our currants growing be- 
tween the pear rows, averaged annually $117 per 
acre net. 
This fruit is becoming more popular every year, 
and in the neighborhood of New York, the demand 
