chap, vii.] THE GOOSEBERRY. 239 
seeds or cuttings; and they will thrive in any 
good garden soil, if it be well drained, well 
manured, and not under the drip of trees. 
When gooseberries are wanted large, the 
ground between the rows should have a coating 
of rotten manure laid on it every third year. 
Gooseberry-bushes are generally planted in 
rows, the rows eight or ten feet apart, and the 
bushes six feet from each other in the rows. 
They are pruned twice a-year: in winter to 
remove the branches not likely to produce 
fruit; and in summer to clear away the cross 
shoots which shade the fruit from the sun, 
and prevent the access of air to every part of 
the tree. It is a very good plan to thin the 
fruit; which is easily done when gathering 
green gooseberries for pies and puddings, bj r 
taking a few from every branch and never 
gathering from the same tree twice. The 
gooseberry bush produces fruit both on the 
old and young wood; but in the summer 
pruning all the long slender shoots which 
the tree sends out beyond the part which 
produces fruit should be cut off, to prevent 
the plant from wasting its strength. The best 
red gooseberries for general use are perhaps 
