. 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. Gardening. 416 CUBEANT CURRANT the home grower may attain the same end by utilizing the north side of buildings or fences. Elevation may aid in offsetting the unfavorable influence of lower lati- tude. It is an extremely hardy fruit so far as cold is concerned, but cannot endure continuous high tempera- ture. , The Curran
. 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. Gardening. 416 CUBEANT CURRANT the home grower may attain the same end by utilizing the north side of buildings or fences. Elevation may aid in offsetting the unfavorable influence of lower lati- tude. It is an extremely hardy fruit so far as cold is concerned, but cannot endure continuous high tempera- ture. , The Currant needs a rich soil and an abundance of plant-food. It will endure much neglect, but responds quickly to liberal treatment. Stable manure, applied in the fall, is excellent, and this maybe supplemented with applications of potash, which will improve the quality of the fruit. Propagation is best effected by means of long hard- wood cuttings (Pig. 614), taken either in fall or spring. In nursery practice they are commonly taken about Sep- tember 1, as soon as the leaves fall. The leaves are sometimes stripped from the plants a week or so before taking the cuttings, if they have not already fallen. The cuttings may be planted at once, or tied in bundles and buried upside down, with 2 or 3 inches of soil over the butts. This is thought to favor the production of the callus and to aid the formation of roots. At the approach of cold weather, they may be taken up and planted in nursery rows and covered with a mulch of soil or other material during the winter, this mulch being raked away to expose the tips early in spring. Planting may be delayed until spring, the bundles being taken up and stored in sand or moss in the cellar, or being more deeply covered and allowed to remain where they are. The commoner practice is to plant the cuttings in nur- sery rows soon after they are taken. They are said to root more quickly if packed in damp moss a week or two before planting. Mulching of so
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