. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. nt if practical)le, beforethe plants are set. This should consist of a crop which is well tilled andke[)t free of wcicds, or one which, by reason of its density and rank growth,will smother the weeds. Plants for Setting.—While the gooseberry can be propagated with afair degree of succ distances are (5 feetl)ct\vcen the rows and i to 5 or (i feet between the j)lants in the row. Plant-ing can i)e facilitated by opening a dead furntw along the line of tlie rowand by marking the field in the opjusite direction so as to ind
. Fruits, vegetables and flowers, a non-technical manual for their culture. nt if practical)le, beforethe plants are set. This should consist of a crop which is well tilled andke[)t free of wcicds, or one which, by reason of its density and rank growth,will smother the weeds. Plants for Setting.—While the gooseberry can be propagated with afair degree of succ distances are (5 feetl)ct\vcen the rows and i to 5 or (i feet between the j)lants in the row. Plant-ing can i)e facilitated by opening a dead furntw along the line of tlie rowand by marking the field in the opjusite direction so as to indicate thepoints in the row where the plants are to Well-set Buancu of Gooseuekiues. Cultivation. (looseberries form their root system luwv the surfaceof th(^ ground. Cultivation should conform to the habits of the plantsand be shalloU- enough not to be injurious to them. The main cultivation should be to conserve moisture, i)articularly early in these;is(>ii while the fruit is forming and ripening. Fertilizers. Few tests have been made to determine the f(>ililizerrequirem(!nts of the gooscl)erry. In general well-composted stable manurt^will prove to l>e a satisfactory fertilizer. On plantations wherefertilizers are evidently refjuired it will 1)C l)est to inaugurate a simplet(!st to defermin* the combination and amount Ixjst suited to the ncctls ofthe j)arli<ular plantation. * CourUvy of Tho Pcnnsylvooia Farmor. SMALL FRUITS 97 Pruning.—The natural habit of the plant is to form a bush. Pruningshould therefore be directed to checking the growth of rampant shoots atthe proper time and to removing old
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