. Canadian fruit, flower, and kitchen gardener [microform] : a guide in all matters relating to the cultivation of fruits, flowers and vegetables and their value for cultivation in this climate. Gardening; Flower gardening; Fruit-culture; Jardinage; Floriculture; Horticulture fruitière. Tl â i ! ! 1 i-;^ .i > I-'! i U if pi- s I'" I I' â ?i s 11 II â¢'!: 182 THB G003EBERUT. In ilioso parts of the Maritime Provincoa where the sea fogs prevail, the European varieties of tlic Gooseherry succeed, but farther inland, beyond their iuHuence, the same difficulties aro experienced. The foreign
. Canadian fruit, flower, and kitchen gardener [microform] : a guide in all matters relating to the cultivation of fruits, flowers and vegetables and their value for cultivation in this climate. Gardening; Flower gardening; Fruit-culture; Jardinage; Floriculture; Horticulture fruitière. Tl â i ! ! 1 i-;^ .i > I-'! i U if pi- s I'" I I' â ?i s 11 II â¢'!: 182 THB G003EBERUT. In ilioso parts of the Maritime Provincoa where the sea fogs prevail, the European varieties of tlic Gooseherry succeed, but farther inland, beyond their iuHuence, the same difficulties aro experienced. The foreign, or European varieties of Gooseberry, sutler more from this jieculiar condition of our atmosphere than some of our native sorts, and doubtless the cultivation of the English varieties will always be attended with great difficulty. li is almost iise- less to undertake their cultivation in a sandy soil. In a deep and very rich clay loam, they may thrive, but they will reipiire care- ful culture, thorough pruning, abundant manuring, and in most places to bo thoroughly mulched with hay or straw, or some coarse material, and well watered. An occasional sprinkling of salt on the mulch, in moderate quantity, has been found to be serviceable in helping to maintain a suitable humidity. The propagation of the Goose- berry is both by cuttings and by layering. Usually cuttings will succeed well. New vaiio- tics are obtained from seed. Seedlings of European varieties have not proved to be suited to our climate, but there is every *''8- 53. reason to believe that seedlings from some of our native sorts may yet be obtained of good size and flavor, and which wiU be adapted to the climate, and free from mildew. The process of layering is shown at fig. 53. It consists in bending down a branch, on one side of which a tongue has been, cut with a sharp knife, and fastening the . part below the sur- face of the soil, by means of a hooked peg. The varieties of foreign Gooseberries are too nume
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