. Fruit farming: practical and scientific, for commercial fruit growers and others. Fruit-culture. 39 The annual cost of cultivation of red currants per acre was approximately as follows (pre-war): — £ s. d. (November) Pruning 12 0 Clearing cuttings 0 5 0 Digging with fork 10 0 (April to September) Hand hoeing four times 18 0 (August) Picking 2 tons of red cur- rants at 5d. per 241bs 4 13 4 Packing 187 half bushels at 23. per 100 0 3 9 Carriage, 16s. per ton 1 12 0 Sale expenses, 4d. per half bushel ... 3 2 4 Rent, rates, taxes 2 10 0 Cost £15 16 5 Receipt, 2 tons red currants at £10 10s £21 0
. Fruit farming: practical and scientific, for commercial fruit growers and others. Fruit-culture. 39 The annual cost of cultivation of red currants per acre was approximately as follows (pre-war): — £ s. d. (November) Pruning 12 0 Clearing cuttings 0 5 0 Digging with fork 10 0 (April to September) Hand hoeing four times 18 0 (August) Picking 2 tons of red cur- rants at 5d. per 241bs 4 13 4 Packing 187 half bushels at 23. per 100 0 3 9 Carriage, 16s. per ton 1 12 0 Sale expenses, 4d. per half bushel ... 3 2 4 Rent, rates, taxes 2 10 0 Cost £15 16 5 Receipt, 2 tons red currants at £10 10s £21 0 0 Balance, to cover cost of planting superintendence, etc., and profit ... £5 3 7 (These costs are increased by about 130 per cent, nnw.). ^^i*^-* --N^ fr ^ x^' '^*f-^ !S'*i,™fc«- Pruned Red Cubbant in a Woroesteeshibe Plantation. About twenty years ago the price of red currants was so low that it did not repay the cost of picking and carriage, and consequently a great many acres were grubbed during the following winter, but since then the price has paid expenses, and afforded a moderate remuneration. The red currant is almost always grown as a bush on a " leg " or main stem, with four or five branches often forking at a short distance into two. As the fruit buds are formed close against the older wood, the pruning consists in spur-pruning all the young shoots, and shortening the leading shoot, leaving about one-third of its length. The tendency is to grow red cur- rants with longer boughs than formerly, and thereby get more fruit. Red currants are usually planted 4J ft. to 5 ft, apart, or perhaps a little wider on very good soil. As with other bush fruits, the land should be well manured before planting, and other crops may be grown for one or two years between the young currant bushes, if care is taken in cultivating and lifting the crop. In order to encourage quick growth the plantation should be frequently hoed. In pruning the bushes it is important
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