SMALL FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE 



enterprising dealer has recently introduced 

 to this country a French sort known as Bar- 

 le-Duc, or Preserving Currant. This variety 

 has a flavor that no other variety can lay 

 claim to, and another feature of merit pecu- 

 liar to it is that it is almost seedless. For a 

 good many years the entire output of this 

 currant was under the control of a French 

 fruit company who manufactured it into 

 jam which has been extensively sold in this 

 country under the name of Confiture Bar- 

 le-Duc. So superior has it been considered 

 to home-made as well as imported jams, that 

 it has readily sold at double the price of them. 

 I would advise the amateur to procure a few 

 plants of this variety and experiment with it. 



The gooseberry must not be overlooked in 

 this connection. Many persons claim that 

 the bush mildews to such an extent that the 

 crop is oftener than not a failure. This can 

 largely be prevented by planting the bushes 

 farther apart than the currant, and thinning 

 out the branches so that there will at all 

 times be a free circulation of air about them. 

 It is well to give a heavy mulch of coarse 

 manure in the hot weather of suncimer. Spray 

 with the infusion recommended for currants 

 to prevent injury from worms. If mildew of 



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