The Currant and the Gooseberry 



during the interval between transplanting and 

 the coming of cold weather, and next year a 

 fair crop of fruit can reasonably be expected 

 from them. But a full crop cannot be expected 

 until the bushes have attained greater size. It 

 takes a currant about four years from the 

 cutting to reach its prime. 



Some advise training the plant as a standard 

 — that is, allowing no shoots to grow from the 

 base, but keeping it to one stalk. I prefer the 

 bush form. I beHeve we get a much larger 

 crop of fruit from it, and, in case of accident, 

 the whole plant is not likely to be destroyed, 

 as would be the case if it were trained to a 

 single stalk. 



I would advise letting at least half a dozen 

 stalks grow from the base of each plant. After 

 this number get a good start, I would rub off 

 all other shoots that appear and allow no more 

 to grow until next season. Then I would allow 

 another half dozen to develop, with a view to 

 removing the older ones, by and by, thus 

 renewing the plant from time to time and keep- 

 ing it strong and vigorous. 



Each season I would go over each bush and 

 cut out all weak wood, and thin it, if thick, so 



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