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Excerpt from Ernst's Nurseries, Eaton, Ohio, 1924 Currants planted-ln good fertile soil, with liberal manuring and good cultivation should pro duce from $1000. 00 to $1500. 00 per acre. The tops s-hould be cut nearly to the crown allowing only three or four canes to grow the first year. Plant in rows 6 feet apart and 3 feet apart in the rows, requiring 2420 plants to the acre. Prune more or less each year to get rid of the old wood and keep the bushes open. Currants are indispensable for table use, jellies, etc. Very profitable for market for which there is great demond. Currant worms should be looked for during the Spring and Summer and when these appear destroy by using one ounce of hellebore to three gallons of water and apply with spray or sprinkling can. Be sure to use remedy as soon or before the worms appear. The currant is _well adapted to all kinds of soil and is a sure cropper. No better investment can be made than to plant an acre or two of currants. Our plants are two years old. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.