Archive image from page 74 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer03bail Year: 1906 923. Ribes Grosaularia i bloom. Nat. growth, when cultivating varieties like Mountain Seed- ling and Houghton. The bush form, with several stems, is to be preferred to the
Archive image from page 74 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer03bail Year: 1906 923. Ribes Grosaularia i bloom. Nat. growth, when cultivating varieties like Mountain Seed- ling and Houghton. The bush form, with several stems, is to be preferred to the single stem; plantations last longer in bush form, and are more productive. Tillage and fertilizing, —In the east and west coast climates, and in the lake region, clean culture may be given; but in the interior, mulching with strawy ma- nure or barnyard litter is better than mulching with soil. Cool, rich soil constitutes an essential to success. Good results have been obtained by the use of coal ashes as a mulch. This is, of course, only an amateur's method, and not feasible on a commercial scale. The Gooseberry is grown with a fair degree of success be- tween young orchard trees on the loose soils bordering the upper waters of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. The practice is not to be commended from the stand- point of the welfare of the orchard. Gooseberries are also grown between grape rows —a practice hardly to be commended. Practice only shallow tillage. Picking, marketing, and conserving. — Picking Goose- berries is an uncomfortable and generally uncongenial occupation. The best native varieties, as a rule, are those most completely anued with thorns. A little practice, however, will enable a dexterous picker to secure the
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