A dictionary of modern gardening - University Library

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the consequence, on the contrary, if an strong. They are first to be deprived
early variety is planted for a main crop of about two or three inches of the
later in the spring, when extraordinary point, and cut into lengths often inches
pains in keeping them cold and dry or a foot, according to the size and
have not been employed to check their strength of the shoots.
vegetation, and consequent decrease of Then, with a sharp knife, divest each
vital energy ? Such crop, then, is more shoot of the whole of its buds, except-
than any other liable to the disease, ing three or four nearest the top of the
and a good preventive has been sug- cutting, which must be left to form the
gested by Dr. Lindley, namely, that of branches of tlie future plant,
planting "the tubers in autumn, imme- Rubbing off the buds is not sufficient;
diately after they have ripened. The they require to be picked out, or pared
very close, to prevent them from throw-
results of my view of the disease, sus- ;
tained by numerous experiments, a're, ing up suckers, which materially affect
that it will never occur if the following the growth of the plants, and rob the
points are attended to:— First, that the fruiting branches of most of their nousets
are from tubers that exhibit scarcely rishment, when not displaced in proper
any symptoms of incipient vegetation ; time. The small buds towards the base
to effect which they ought, throughout of the cutting are always the most trou-
the winter, to be preserved as cool and blesome in this respect, and great care
should be taken to remove them efFect-
as mucli excluded from the air as pos- ,
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sible. Secondly, that the tubers should ually before the cutting is inserted in
be perfectly ripened. .Thirdly, that they the ground.
should be planted immediately after Immediately underneath the part
they are cut. Fourthly, that the ma- which the lowest bud occupied make a
nure applied should be spread regular- clean horizontal cut, without displacing
ly, and mixed with the soil, and not any portion of the bark, and the cutting
! along a trench in immediate contact is then complete.
with the sets. Fifthly, that the crop is
not raised for several successive years
on the same area." Principles of Gar-
dening.
CURRANT. {Rihes.)
Black Currant. {R. nigrum.)
1. Black Grape.
2. Black Naples, largest and best.
3. Common Black.
4. Russian Green.
Red Currant. {R. rubrum.)
\. Common Red.
'2. Red Dutch, large and good.
3. Knight's Large Red, largest.
4. Knight's Sweet Red, large, and not
so acid as other red varieties.
5. Knight's Early Red.
A small spot is next to be dug and
got ready for them, and if it can be
obtained in a situation that is rather
shaded than otherwise, so much the
better.
The cuttings are then to be inserted
in rows a foot apart, six or eight inches
asunder, and two or three inches deep,
and the earth firmly pressed around
them, either with the hand, or by placing
one foot on each side of the row, and
treading it from one end to the other.
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Gard. Chron.
Observe, those designed for common
standards should be trained up to a
twelve or fifteen inch stem, then encourage
them to branch out all round
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Champagne.
Striped-fruited—berries marked with
at that height to form a full head, for if
suffered to branch away immediately
red and white stripes
from the bottom, they overspread the
S. Striped-leaved.
ground, that no crops can grow near
9. Rock Currant.
them, as well as appear unsichtly, and
1.
White Currant.
Common White.
{R. album.) render it inconvenient to do the necessary
work—thin the branches to mode-
2. White Dutch, largest and best.
3. Pearl White.
rate distances.
By Suckers.— All the sorts are too
4. Speary's White.
Soil.—Any fertile garden soil suits
apt to send up suckers from the roots ;
each sucker forming a proper plant is
them.
Propagation.— By Cuttings.— The
the most expeditious mode of propagating.
They may be taken up in
best shoots for propagating from are autumn, winter, or spring, with roots,
or even such as are without fibres will
those that are fully ripened, and not too 1
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