Show no YOUNG CURRANT CANES BEST pruning knife sy systematically used Is I 1 favored for bushes that have run out there Is one point to be kept in mind in pruning currants and that la Is that the best fruit la Is borne on the two and three yerrold year old wood rather than on younger canes as Is the case with most bush fruits after the canes are four or flie years old they become stunted in growth and the fruit materially dwarfed in size the pruning knife Is the only remedy it should be systematically used to cut nay avay the old growth and encourage new many people vilio do not take this fact into consideration or who have I 1 V W V j airl tt anzi A y kt every well balanced garden should have a few currants not cot taken the time to study the nature of the currant complain that their bushes have run out and no longer give the results they formerly did the fault lies not so often with the currants as with the person himself ne he has not used the pruning knife properly currants can be trained to grow la in almost any way desirable even on trellis work and stakes but the best plan Is to grow them as a bush naif half a dozen good sturdy currant bushes properly handled should supply a family ily all the currants needed they can be set to the best advantage in the spring and when illen you order from the nursery be sure to specify two year old bushes set them four feet apart if you plant more than one row the first two years it Is necessary to practice clean culture in order to give five them the proper start plant however when they are dormant and it if you cant do this early tall fall planting Is advisable the currant does best in a cool cor ner and in retentive soli soil A good clay subsoil or even clay loam seems to give excellent results there should be ft a few currants in every well bal alced garden with careful pruning they will continue to produce good trait fruit year after year |