. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 8 BETTER FRUIT March, 1920 The Currant and Gooseberry and How to Grow Them By George M. Darrow, Office of Horticultural and Pomological Investigations, United States Department of Agriculture (With acknowledgment to others) BOTH currants and gooseberries are iinfives of cool, moist northern cliniati's and in the I'nited States succeed best in the northern half' of' the country and east ol' the one hundredth ineriilian. Tliey are injured by tlie long hot sunuuers of the Southern States, ex- cept in the higher altitudes of the Appa- laciiian Mountains. Even in
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 8 BETTER FRUIT March, 1920 The Currant and Gooseberry and How to Grow Them By George M. Darrow, Office of Horticultural and Pomological Investigations, United States Department of Agriculture (With acknowledgment to others) BOTH currants and gooseberries are iinfives of cool, moist northern cliniati's and in the I'nited States succeed best in the northern half' of' the country and east ol' the one hundredth ineriilian. Tliey are injured by tlie long hot sunuuers of the Southern States, ex- cept in the higher altitudes of the Appa- laciiian Mountains. Even in Missouri and Kansas Ihey do not succeed very well. They are not adajjted to the hot interior valleys of California, but are grown in the northern coast counties of that state. Gooseberries are grown slightly far- ther south than currants and seem to endure the summer heat somewhat bet- danger of that disease being spread to valuable forest areas. The fruit worms, especially the cur- rant maggot, are very serious pests on currants and gooseberries in the moun- tain and Pacific Coast states and have made the itroduclion of these fruits dif- ficult in many sections there. The cur- rant maggot, for which there is no known means of control, occurs also in some localities in the Eastern states. Soil and Site for a Plantation. The soil selected for the currant and the gooseberry should be cool, well drained, and fertile. The heavy types, such as silt or clay loams, are usually. Branch of the Golden Prolific variety of currant, "svliich is a native of Western Kansas and Oklahoma and Eastern Colorado. The fruit of this currant is golden in color, and like some of the black varieties, must be picked singly, as they do not ripen at the same time. Varieties of this species are very productive under proper soil and climatic conditions. ter. More spraying, however, is neces- sary to keep the foliage of currants and gooseberries in a healthy condition in the southern part of their range
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