. The American fruit culturist. toplant the bushes alonggarden fences, wherethey often grow up withgrass, and being neithercultivated nor cared for,the fruit becomes smalland of little value. Thisis the worst mode. The next is to culti-vate, but not to fruit on such bushesis fine while they areyoung, but as they be-come filled with a profu-sion of old bearing woodit diminishes in third and best mode is to give them good, clean culti-vation, and to keep up a constant supply of young bearingwood, yielding large and excellent crops. The currant, like the cherry, bears its fruit
. The American fruit culturist. toplant the bushes alonggarden fences, wherethey often grow up withgrass, and being neithercultivated nor cared for,the fruit becomes smalland of little value. Thisis the worst mode. The next is to culti-vate, but not to fruit on such bushesis fine while they areyoung, but as they be-come filled with a profu-sion of old bearing woodit diminishes in third and best mode is to give them good, clean culti-vation, and to keep up a constant supply of young bearingwood, yielding large and excellent crops. The currant, like the cherry, bears its fruit on shoots two ormore years old; and it is important that a succession of strongyoung shoots be maintained for this purpose. When a canehas borne two or three crops, the fruit usually begins to de-teriorate in size; therefore cut it out. In the mean time, ayoung cane should be coming on to take its place. After abush has been in bearing three or four years, one or two ofthe eld canes should be cut out each year. A good bush may. Fig. 524.—Raceme of Currants. THE CURRANT. be allowed to have four to eight bearing canes at any fewer the canes, the larger the fruit. When a young currant bush is set out, all the buds or suck-ers below the surface of the ground should be previously cut
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