Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-07-13

30 rs not 10 leave any DuO 70 pIOUuCc DelOW
the cut and never cut the ends of bearing
wood, as it throws the plant into wooding,
or to great provision of laterals, that is never
good for reproduction, but most obviously de-
trimental to the bearing wood; never plant
from divisions Of roots; but, by all means,
from cuttings, browning them or branching
them little above the surface Of the earth,
so that they will not root; never mulch as
recommended last Saturday, as it begets roots
that slough off the same or succeeding sum-
mer. And as to the longevity of the cur
rant, as stated last Saturday, not to continue
good more than five or six years, which
think unsustained; for have pruned cur
rants twenty feet high, and they were from
thirty to forty years old, supported against a
brick wall, sixteen feet high, the wood over
hanging, they are great feeders, and it is
necessary to apply manure on the surface Of
the ground adjacent to the roots; but never
crowd it around the collar, as it provokes
roofing.
Mr.. Pierson said that he thought an opin-
ion, expressed last week, in reference to the
distance the currant should be planted apart
is erroneous said the currant belong about
five degrees north. If he were to plant cur
rants here, he would plant three feet one way
and five the other; plant in rich ground =
the currant is high feeder; give it compost.
Mr.. Person particularly cautioned persons
from planting too far apart, to prevent them
from being affected by our hot suns he
would not recommend planting under other
trees, because he thought one crop for the
same ground sufficient; though if this Soci-
ETY. would give it the proper attention, the
currant would become one of our most prof.
table crops; spoke of the old White and
Red Dutch as the best.
Mr.. Parnell was called upon to state how
far he had planted specimen shown, apart.
His reply was, eight feet. Mr.. p. said the
Red and White Dutch grew close to the
ground thep spread much, and required
more room than other varieties. Mr.. p. said
that in the climate he came from the tree
form was the best, the most productive, and
hAndsomest. Mr.. Parncll is gardner at the
College Hill Seminary. His experience was,
that If the old wood was cut out, as had been
recommended by some gentlemen, the fruit
would degenerate, and the crop diminish
and die out They would find this to their
sorrow, but let them go on, for experience is
the test.
Mr.. Pierson was convinced, from his OBJ
servation of the ravages of the "borer' up
on the Currant, in the tree form, that this
mode Of cultivation would pass away.
Mr.. Riley asked Mr.. Parnell what his ex-
perience, in Europe and this country, had
been in reference to the comparative cultiva-
ton of the Currant in the tree and bush
form2
Mr.. Parnell has seen Currants in the tree
form, in England, thirty years old
Mr.. Robert Buchanan stated that he had
grown Currants profitably in both tree and
bush form.
DR.. Taylor spoke of the diversity of opin-
ion expressed in reference to the growth or
non-growth of suckers if the eyes were cut
out, that if the eyes were carefully and COM
pletely cut out, the suckers never would ap-
pear.
DR.. Petticolas was certain if the buds were
cut cleanly out, that they would never suck
er, and that they never suckered from the
roots, which latter was most properly termed
suckering.
Mr.. Adds wished Mr.. Parnell to state
whether he had ever known the currant to
sucker when the eyes were cut out, and the
slip planted.
NoTE.-The meaning of this is that the
suckers ESQ called) viii not come up from
the root.
Mr. Riley wished to know how many gen.
tlemen were Of the opinion, that if the
strength of the currant were thrown into one
stalk, it would grow for an almost unlimited
length Of time.
Mr.. r. took, for example, Currant in the
bush form, and asked whether it was not
the common experience of every gentleman,
that lateral shoots from the main stem did
not can its strength md xvhefher n WAC onv
wonder, in view Of this fact, that the old
wood died out
Note: Mr.. Summers called our attention
to the fact that it was suggested by Mr..
jackson, at the last meeting Of the Society,
to cut off half an inch of the lower shoot
from the main stem or branch, after cutting
out::the eyes Of the shoot for planting, because
it contained large number of little buds,
invisible to the naked eye, which would
sprout out and make suckers.