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GOOSEBERRY. 



Dunging every second or third year is necessary ; 

 but it should be considered, that giving it in excess, 

 though it encourages the growth of the tree, and 

 enlarges the size of the fruit, it deteriorates the 

 flavour. 



Gooseberry trees, when planted in rows, should 

 not be less than six feet apart. When planted in 

 quarters, the distance is optional. An open situa- 

 tion should always be chosen ; for if under the shade 

 of trees, the fruit are never so high-flavoured. 



Gooseberries, like the currant, may be forwarded 

 by having places on walls of difi^erent aspects, as 

 weW for expediting their ripening, as for the conve- 

 nience of covering the fruit from birds and weather. 

 Low paling is sometimes used for the culture of this 

 fruit, and which answers extremely well ; as the 

 flowers can be easily guarded in early spring, and 

 the fruit in autumn. 



If young bearing plants are potted, after being 

 established for one year they may be forced suc- 

 cessfully in a moderate heat. Like other potted 

 fruit trees, they require frequent supplies of manured 

 water. 



The gooseberry often sufi'ers from the depreda- 

 tions of two or three insects, which breed and live 

 upon the trees. The best preventive is the wash 

 recommended at the end of the article "Peaches;^' 

 to which the reader is referred. This liquid should 

 be sprinkled over the trees morning and evening, till 

 the caterpillars disappear. After the sprinkling, the 

 surface of the ground under the trees should be 



