The Cultivation of Fruits 
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continue to produce fruit in large quantities. Care must 
be taken not to overcrowd the main branches, so that the 
light and air may have free access throughout the bushes 
to ripen the wood as well as the fruit. A sharp lookout 
must be kept for any of the main branches showing decay. 
When this happens a young 
one should be laid in imme- 
diately to take the place of 
the decaying one. Summer 
pruning should be prac- 
tised to reduce the number 
of young shoots, and to 
enable the bush to get plenty 
of light and air. 
Red and White Currants 
may be trained as espaliers, 
or on walls, where they may 
be planted 3 ft. apart, and 
the branches spread out to 
fill up the space, the main 
branches only being led out, 
and the laterals cut hard 
back to form spurs. The 
leaders should be cut back 
each year to 9 or 12 inches, to ensure the branches being 
well studded with fruiting spurs. When the branches have 
reached the desired height, they may be kept cut close 
back each year. 
By growing these useful fruits in different positions in 
the garden, the time of their fruiting may be considerably 
prolonged. P'or instance, those growing on a south aspect 
Winter Pruning of Red Currants 
