. Practical agriculture [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig. 48.—A Rooseberry, slu)wiiin,seeds, S, at- attached to skin at P. Gooseberries.—Our garden varieties have been developed from natives of Europe and of America. Fig. 48 shows a fruit cut across containing the seeds, which are fastened to the skin by little threads. The form is similar to that of a grape. New bushes or plants are produced by layers and cuttings. In layering, a branch is bent over, a little notch cut in the under side where it will be under grornd, then bent down and covered with soil, leaving the tip above ground
. Practical agriculture [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig. 48.—A Rooseberry, slu)wiiin,seeds, S, at- attached to skin at P. Gooseberries.—Our garden varieties have been developed from natives of Europe and of America. Fig. 48 shows a fruit cut across containing the seeds, which are fastened to the skin by little threads. The form is similar to that of a grape. New bushes or plants are produced by layers and cuttings. In layering, a branch is bent over, a little notch cut in the under side where it will be under grornd, then bent down and covered with soil, leaving the tip above ground. After a little, roots will appear near the notch, and later on the branch may be cut from the bush and a new plant will thus be started. In using cuttings, good thrifty stems or branches about six inches long are cut in the fall or early in spring and set out with the top bud just above ground. These are covered for the winter. The next )'Tiar they form good roots, and the following year may be set out in rows. To prevent suckers, the buds below ground are rubbed off. Seedlings of all the berries may be obtained by rubbing up the ripe fruits with sand to separate the seeds and pulp. The sandy seed is sown on the surface of a finely worked bed, well enriched with decayed manure. The soil is kept shaded and wet with a fine spray. The plants are afterwards pricked out in another bed with more room and allowed to fruit to test. Currants.—These are grown very much as we grow goose- berries. Most of our varieties belong to three classes : I. The Flowering Currant, which is grown as an ornamental shrub. Its sweet-scented yellow flowers appear early in the spring. The fruit is black and of decided flavor or taste. By m. Fig. 49 —Reproducing plants by layering. A is bent over and buried, held down by stake B. New shoots C start up, which are then cut off from parent plant at Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been dig
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