CURRANTS.
The rel an I white cuvi ant are propagated from cutings ]ilanted in mid-winter, as follows: — Take tfm lai o cst of the cutl.in«.s away fi-om the tops of the bus'i".s, euL them int.j ten or twelve inch lengths, remove all the buds except three or four of the uppermost, pi mt thorn o\i f j iv good, light soil, iv hnea t'\fMity hy twehe inches apmt, r.ncl about six or eight inches deep. Next winter cut the young shoots down to their lowest b'uis, and in the followiul; winter they will be quite Irti'^o enousrh for the orchard. Take the bushes carefully up, and cut away all the side root*, except those as the lower cads of the stems. Plant shallow, merely coveri-ig the rooto with about two inches of soil, thus giving the plants fine clean stems without suckers), and sufficiently raising the fiiiifc from the siu-faee of the ground.
TUAIi'IJTO Asb I'lltr.VlN'G.
As the bushes boar best when the heads are only a shoit distance from the surface, it is necessary t~> keep ti-.diu dwarf nivl well spread out, allowing to eich ei^ht to ton leading shoots to fovin a bead, cutting the-o ir.c'c tor throe winter-* to within &ix*incheJ • ■i' t'io oii'l of each smnmcr slio'it, and oil the lateral or i-i ie shoots annually in win tor to within one or two i uMie- vf t'uiv cv.ils. thus fonnii p vpuis iv tiie heads «\r^.vl. Aftor tlircje ov fmr yurs' gi"O*'tli iv the 'I'l-h irl, tliey w'll baeyne lara;« enoiu'i, an 1 .should huv'.he [ou'.t.s cut 'n;'v, 'is rocoihnien 'el fr the -in il'^r -id i Tii • fruit is ijroJueed from the s:atrs left i'li-i, vcir't, ior:ao t woo,l.
The bivk cun'.'nt reipiires the most sheltered, s'ialy si hint ion in il'e orc'i-i J. Propaic an>l grow t'le cuttin.'s as r-iCJinraondcd above. After the im-lies sire well fjiin d, no pruning is roquisit", further than ttiinninq the branches occ isionally where tvt thick, and criniHmitUn'j a good supply of young wood. The ftuit is pr vJuced on the young wood.
CURRANTS.
Otago Witness, Issue 559, 16 August 1862, Page 6
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