Black Currants.
A Garden Corner.
TS THERE any fruit in the A garden so accommodating as the black currant, or one that survives with so little attention? It has a strong surface rooting system like the raspberry, and loves a damp shady position. The crop suffers if forced to undergo dry heat during the fruiting period. From this cause alone, many small berry crops result, and growers for the market find that it pays not only to manure their plants in early spring, but to place a mulch around them to keep the roots moist and cool. The next greatest hindrance to fruitful large berries is lack of pruning, and this results in the formation of decrepit and prematurely old bushes. All will be well if an annual winter pruning is made, not to top the shoots, but to remove all branches other than the firm brown shoots made the previous season. The shoots left m«st not brush together, each having room to grow freely.—T. D. LENNIE.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20365, 24 July 1934, Page 10
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