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Currant-bushes grow readily from cuttings. 

 Insert a piece of half-ripened wood five or 

 six inches long into the ground and it will 

 almost invariably take root. In order to 

 keep this plant in healthy bearing condition 

 it should T3e pruned rather severely each 

 season. Cut away all weak wood, and en- 

 courage the production of strong new shoots, 

 from which fruit will be borne next season. 

 Remove a good share of the old branches 

 after they have ripened the present season's 

 crop. If this is not done the bush will after 

 a little become crowded with branches, and 

 as all branches, old and new, will attempt to 

 bear, you will be pretty sure to have a pro- 

 duction of very inferior fruit, since it will be 

 impossible for the bush to perfect all the 

 berries that set and have them come up to 

 the standard of superiority that should gov- 

 ern the grower. Small currants are good, as 

 far as they go, but the trouble is — they don't 

 go far enough. Many of them will have to 

 be discarded when the housewife makes her 

 selection. 



If the amateur gardener desires to give 

 some of his vegetables an early start, I would 

 advise him to try what may be called the 

 ^'sod-method'' in preference to any other, 



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