CURRANT CUTTINGS.
An experienced gardener of Indiana is of the opinion that very few persons who plant currant cuttings do it at the right season of the year. It is usually done in the spring, when,, in fact, it should be done in the fall. I have had a great deal of experience in propagating cuttings. I always plant my currant cuttings in the fall, as soon as the leaves fall of. They will make durable roots, two to four inches long,. the same fall, while the buds remain dormant. They will make double the growth the next season, if set in the fall, that they will if not set till spring. They should be set in ground that will not heave them out by the effects of frosts, and should be covered just before winter sets in with coarse litter. Eemove the oovering early in the spring, and examine the cuttings to tee if any of them have heaved, and if so, press them down again. Should they heave up an inch or more, if well pressed down, they will start and make better growth than cuttings in the spring. In either case, however, the cuttings should always be made in the tall. — Farmer's Advocate.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1845, 3 May 1884, Page 6 (Supplement)
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206CURRANT CUTTINGS. Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1845, 3 May 1884, Page 6 (Supplement)
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