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be expected to do their best if stuck up in 
a corner of a board fence or where the air 
cannot circulate freely about them. Both 
of them, but more especially the goose¬ 
berry will stand a limited amount of shade. 
Fertilization should not be stinted. Old 
rotten manure and commercial fertilizer? 
with a good per cent, of potash used in 
combination will give excellent results. 
Two or three plants well looked after will 
give quite an abundant supply of fruit. Be 
careful, therefore, in ordering not to over¬ 
stock yourself, but on the other hand be 
sure to take the best care of the few that 
you get. 
The greatest factor there is in the grow¬ 
ing of currants is a merciless use of the 
jack-knife. Currants should be so pruned 
as to be kept in bush form but with what 
is termed an open center, that is, when you 
prune, cut out shoots from the middle of 
the bush and keep those on the outside. 
Cut out enough of the new growth so that 
there is no crowding and the wood that is 
four or five years old. 
The gooseberry will require much the 
same care except that it needs to be pruned 
even more severely. All branches which 
touch each other or which trail down to 
the ground should be cut. 
The friendly and gentle currant-worm 
will, without doubt, make annual visits to 
both your currant and gooseberry bushes. 
He usually gets around, bringing a large 
family with him a little while before the 
plants blossom. Receive him first with a 
Paris Green Spray, and if he insists upon 
coming back after this when the fruit has 
begun to form, use Hellebore. 
The grape has been pre-eminent among 
garden fruits from time immemorial. 
Select for your vines, if possible, a place 
fully exposed to the sun. Even more than 
with the currants and gooseberries success 
with grapes will depend on sufficient prun¬ 
ing. The plants as received from the 
nursery should be cut back three or four 
eyes or buds at the time of planting. Un¬ 
like the currants or cane fruit the grapes 
bear their fruit on the present season’s 
growth of wood. Furthermore, if left to 
follow its own will, the grape vine will 
start out to present you with several times 
the number of bunches of grapes that it 
could possibly mature in proper condition. 
Spare the knife and spoil the grapes! 
Therefore heed well the following: 
When your grape vines come from the 
nurseryman, no matter what anybody may 
say, cut them back to three or four eyes 
when you plant them. And when these 
eyes have sent out their rapid-growing 
shoots as they are sure to, do not leave 
more than two of them. These should be 
tied up to the stakes, wall, or veranda 
upon which you are going to grow the 
vines. If you are going to train it on a 
regular wire support, only one of these 
canes should be left — the strongest — and 
the other should be cut off some time late 
next fall. If the vine is to be trained over 
an arbor or some other broad surface, leave 
both the canes to form the basis of your 
future grape and shade supply. The prun- 
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