BUSH FRUITS.
IMPORTANT TO SMALL GARDENS.
' Loganberries are best grown on new rods every year. There is seldom any difficulty in securing a sufficiency eacli season. The old rods should be cut I out if there are enough young ones for fruiting. If there are not, some ot those that fruited last season may be kept. They will fruit again if the bearing twigs are reduced to short spurs." Gooseberries may be pruned as I soon as the leaves are off. Remember that there is nothing gained by haying a crowded bush, and the latter is a constant nuisance. If the branches are kept open to light they will give their best, and only' then. Prune so as to ■secure a bush that is so open that fruit can be gathered in comfort. Such a bush has as much wood as it can properly furnish with fruit. Cut out branches where necessary. The young I orowths in the centre should be reduced |to spurs, ans those on the outside shortened to strong buds. Keep an open centre. Red and white currants should be kept to a single main stem. They should not be allowed to throw up stems from under the ground.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 181, 1 August 1936, Page 6 (Supplement)
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202BUSH FRUITS. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 181, 1 August 1936, Page 6 (Supplement)
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