THE GOOSEBERRY. 



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generally affected more or less in this country. 

 The method of pruning is the same as that employ- 

 ed on the currant, with the exception that the young 

 leading shoots of the main branch should never be 

 shortened, but be allowed to remain at their full 

 length. 



To facilitate the growth of this desirable fruit, 

 seedlings should be raised from varieties of the 

 country, which would most probably produce kinds 

 of a superior quality that would escape the mildew, 

 as it is seldom that the native varieties growing in 

 the different parts of the Union are affected with 

 that disease. Such kinds would probably produce 

 fruit earlier and of better flavor being natural to 

 the climate. I hope to see a trial made of this 

 fruit by some of our enterprising fruit growers ; the 

 experiment is certainly worth trying. 



In the many different modes I have seen practised 

 in the culture of the gooseberry, I have seen none 

 that has answered a better purpose than the growing 

 of the trees in a very rich soil, and so situated that 

 they have been in the time of swelling the berries 

 partly shaded from the influence of the sun. This 

 I have seen done to great advantage by planting the 

 trees in the centre of four feet asparagus beds ; in 

 such places the roots and branches are in a location 

 where the heat and moisture is uniform, which is a 

 grand point in the culture of the gooseberry, for 

 when fully exposed the sun scalds the rinds of the 

 fruit, and there can be little doubt that sudden 

 changes from drought to moisture bring on the 

 mildew and other diseases. 



