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THE GOOSEBERRY— (Ribes Grossularia). 



The gooseberry is a native of the northern parts of 

 Europe, and. therefore, unfit for cultivation in any but 

 the coldest districts of this colony, and there only in 

 carefully selected positions. 



All the sorts may be propagated by cuttings, layers, 

 and seed. 



Soil : A deep sandy loam is preferable, but they 

 will do in any ordinary soil with manure. The situa- 

 tion should be unshaded by trees, and drained of all 

 stagnant water. They should be irrigated with liquid 

 manure in the growing season. A good top-dressing 

 of manure should be forked in round the bushes an- 

 nually, but not nearer to the stem than the circuit of 

 the branches. 



Winter Pruning consists in removing suckers, and all 

 over luxuriant growth ■ and crowded and very weak 

 shoots should at least be shortened, so as to leave the 

 bush the shape of a basin for the first few years, to 

 admit the sun and air to ripen the fruit inside. The 

 wood left to form the plant should be strong, but not 

 over luxuriant, and well ripened ; and no two branches 

 should be allowed to touch. Plant in rows, eight feet 

 asunder, and six feet apart in the line. 



THE GRANADILLA— (Passiflora Quadrangularis). 



This variety of the passion fruit has a square stem, 

 as the name indicates. The fruit is the largest of the 

 family, being the size of the rock melon. The skin is 

 soft and very thick, totally different from the common 

 passion fruit ( passiflora edulis), or a yellow sort (pas- 

 siflora liyularis J, which is sometimes erroneously called 

 the granadilla. 



