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ORCHARD PLANTING AND CULTURE. 505 
CURRANTS, GOOSEBERRIES, RASPBERRIES, PIE PLANT, &C., 
Should be set 4 or 5 feet both ways, so as to cultivate with 
horse and cultivator, and thereby save a deal of hard hoeing by 
hand, which, perhaps, they would never get, if it had to be done 
by hand. 
You can raise a bushel of the above fruits, except the rasp¬ 
berries, after the bushes are once set, as easily as a bushel of 
potatoes. 
Set red and white currants with some of the new varieties, 
Houghton seedling gooseberries, and improved varieties of pie 
plant. 
STRAWBERRIES 
Will grow anywhere and everywhere, if you keep the weeds 
down. 
Set early in the spring four feet both ways, and cultivate the 
first summer, same as potatoes. Cover up in the fall with ma¬ 
nure, and cultivate it into the ground in spring. It won’t 
hurt the vines a bit. 
GRAPES 
Can be raised in Wisconsin. Plant on a light, dry, rich, 
warm soil, and cover the vines in the winter. Do not prune 
too much, either of the vine or anything else. 
All of this small fruit will bear any amount of manure, and 
clean cultivation. 
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