Bush Fruits
Bush fruits will benefit very much by some attention to pruning during the summer months. Currants frequently have some difficulty iji ripening on account of the thickets of leafy branches that shade the fruit and it is certainly an advantage to reduce the amount" of foliage in such cases by cutting out superfluous young shoots. It must not be forgotten, however, that black currants will, next year, fruit on the strong young branches of this season's growth. Sufficient must be left untouched, and only spindly weak growth removed. On the other hand, it is advisable to stop the ranker growths on red currants, and also cut away the young tips injured by aphis or caterpillars. With gooseberries all that can be done is to shorten the long growths.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22670, 6 March 1937, Page 10 (Supplement)
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