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PBACnCE OF GAKDENING. 



5. — R-:d and. Wkiie Currants. 



These fruits. p-.:::c;;l:.rly tbe red, contain le.-s 5-:.g:.r 

 and more malic a:::' : ^e^; e. rie- ; ou: r. 



sugar added, are ]::■.'.? "c.'vle a^^ :". ~L:le$:L:e. c::_er :::ke .l 

 c r ULC coked. 



The vrk::e L''c:cl:. Tr::L Vcll^wiilx fruit, and t^e vr^ire 

 cry are tiie ';cs:. Ti_e red, though, smaller, is very 



Ecd and Li:e c arran: ii ees must be pruned in a very 

 difieren: n:a_Ler lo : La- re commended for goc^berries, 

 and sfirr :key have produced the required number of 

 branciic-. 50 as to form a uniform bush, the greater part 

 of the y uag liacts must 1 e annually taken ofi^ leaving 

 only the 1 a aing iirs. an a s ack as are desired to make 

 nevr branckes. and skcr:ening these to four or sis inches 

 acccrdinr t : tkcir strenack. always cutting them off just 

 above a bud tkat 2-'"::-:- C'V.twards ; for if this latter par- 

 ticular is not a:tCL a- a tka p ints of the shoots will 

 decay down to :kc ba. a. a a. a i_aTe a very unsightly appear- 

 ance, or tke new ^kc ots wili ar lavin—ards, and crowd up the 

 centre of tke r iant, In r ra.raing c iF the superfluous lateral 

 shoots, they skc ai a ne t e c at e rf close to the old wood, 

 but a short savar c: acaut a craarter or half an inch in 

 lenatk she aid ce l-:t to each, as these spurs generally 

 reduce an abttndance cf fruit. It is always important to 

 cut c ut ci i na ssT u : a a t : kavc all the shoots open to the 

 light, and to tkin cut tke - cur- trken old or crowded. 



In ncauaging tke cuttcug-. rroceed as directed for 

 goosebcrrie-. except tkat tk^y a_ust net be slipped off, 

 planting cut in tke sccc n:i year when the plants have 

 eight inches of stem, and about five leading shoots. 

 Both these and black currants are greatly injured by 

 having the flower-buds eaten off by sparrows, bullfinches, 

 and other small birds, which must be carefully scared 

 away. Much harna is alsa done by aphides and theleaf- 

 rolkug caterpillars -cf small moths. The best remedy is 

 timtly 1 i king ck tke iu:kc:ed leaves, if it have been 

 negUcted in wint-r tc scraae off the little gi'ey 

 piatches of eggs, which are glued to the bark of the stem 

 and branches. Whole Icranches are sometimes killed by 

 the caterpillar of a tuoth eating into the wood. 



