. Biggle berry book [microform] : small fruit facts from bud to box conserved into understandable form. Fruit-culture. 94 HKKiLK BKRRY BOOK back, and gradually replace the older stalks xWth younger ones. Burn all clippings promptly, for thus the borer is kept down. The princi- pal other enemy is the currant-worm, which attacks the ieaves of both cur- ia nt and gooseber- ry in early spring. Kemedy : Spray the bushes with the hellebore mixture, but do it promptly when the first worm is seen ; watch the bushes closely shortly after the Jeaves unfold in the spring. Fun- ,^ous blight troubles. -^AH
. Biggle berry book [microform] : small fruit facts from bud to box conserved into understandable form. Fruit-culture. 94 HKKiLK BKRRY BOOK back, and gradually replace the older stalks xWth younger ones. Burn all clippings promptly, for thus the borer is kept down. The princi- pal other enemy is the currant-worm, which attacks the ieaves of both cur- ia nt and gooseber- ry in early spring. Kemedy : Spray the bushes with the hellebore mixture, but do it promptly when the first worm is seen ; watch the bushes closely shortly after the Jeaves unfold in the spring. Fun- ,^ous blight troubles. -^AHLyZT^L'"''''''^ ''''' ""^ ''AT'H K«i'i^'^iighttroubles „H ..„„..„KM Can be controlled th 1 ordeaux; ,t is advisable to use this mixture on eari>. Sulphur for mildew is often used In some localities the rurrant-rty is troublesome t deposits eggs in the berries and soon the currants are wormy. No good remedies are known. P e'T t ve measures, however, are often helpful. These are anoX'^V r^^^^'"^--^^ '>-ning of infested alio ving chK kens to run among the bushes. If lice attack the leaves, use one of the lice rem- CURRANTS AND (iOOSEHKRRIES 95 edies given in Chapter III. For the San Jose scale use the lime-sulphur mixture. Yield and Profits.—The average yield of cur- rants has been put down at 2,000 quarts per acre, with yields reported as high as 7,500 quarts per acre. Net profits will depend on market prices and expenses, and both of these items are variable. A recent New Jersey bulletin intimates that about $150 per acre net profit may be expected. Of course it all depends upon circumstances, but I am sure that an energetic man near a good market can do well with currants, provided he docs not undertake too large a patch. Many of our horticultural operations would be more successful with acreage divided by two. Gooseberries are sometimes a paying market crop, and sometimes they are not. Some years the mar- kets are fai
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