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Garden Work 
BLACK CURRANTS 
The Black Currant is also an important fruit in the 
garden, and should be carefully looked after. It succeeds 
best on a rather heavy soil, though it grows and fruits 
fairly well on almost any good garden soil. 
When procuring young bushes it is advisable to get 
them without main stems, but rather stool-like in appear- 
ance. From the nature of their growth, if grown on the 
main-stem system, they are apt to break down with the 
weight of fruit and leaves, especially during a heavy storm. 
When the cuttings are made of nicely ripened wood about 
i ft. long, the buds should not be rubbed off much under 
the soil. They will then throw up suckers which will form 
the stool-like bush. The bushes may be planted 7 ft. apart 
each way, on ground which has been thoroughly dug or 
