In  this  case  2,178  plants  are  required  for  an  acre.  If  it  is
designed  to  cultivate  them  both  ways,  let  the  plants  be  set
at  right  angles  five  feet  apart,  an  acre  now  requiring  1,74*
plants.  Sink  them  two  or  three  inches  deeper  than  they
stood  fn  the  nursery  rows,  and  although  in  preparation  the
ground  was  well  enriched,  a  shovel  of  compost  around  the


PLANTING,  CULTIVATION,  AND  PRUNING,

young  plant  gives  it  a.  fine  send-off,  and  hastens  the  develop-
ment of  a  profitable  bush.  In  the  field  and  for  market,  I
would  urge  that  currants  be  grown  invariably  in  bush,  rather
than  in  tree  form.  English  writers,  and  some  here  who
follow  them,  recommend  the  latter  method ;  but  it  is  not
adapted  to  our  climate,  and  to  such  limited  attention  as  we
can  afford  to  give.  The  borers,  moreover,  having  but  a
single  stem  to  work  upon,  would  soon  cause  many  vacancies
in  the  rows.
Currants  are  grown  for  market  with  large  and  increasing
profits ;  indeed,  there  is  scarcely  a  fruit  that  now  pays
better.
Mr.  John  S.  Collins,  of  Moorestown,  N.  J.,  by  the  follow-
ing ingenious,  yet  simple,  invention,  is  able  to  drive  through
his  currant  and  raspberry  fields  without  injuring  the  plants.
