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gone over, thinning out all the young shoots which are not 
required, to prevent overcrowding and to allow the light 
and air to have free access throughout the bush. This 
allows both fruit and wood to be properly ripened the next 
season. The shoots should be cut well back to induce 
Gooseberries grown on a Wire Trellis 
fruit spurs to form. If they are left about i in. in length, 
they will produce a cluster of weak, worthless shoots, and 
no fruit. 
The Gooseberry may also be trained on walls and as 
espaliers, especially in the north. In the south it is gene- 
rally too hot for them in summer to succeed well as wall 
or espalier fruits. Where they do succeed in this form, 
the season for this fruit can be considerably prolonged by 
