To prevent the shoots of Gooseberries growing downwards, by which the fruit gets soiled, and is rendered unfit for use, I have adopted the following plan: I make hoops of hazel boughs, and place them over the gooseberry plant. Two or three stakes are required to fix the hoop to, that it may be at a proper height from the ground, to hold the bunches sufficiently high. If one hoop is not enough to hold all the bunches properly up, two hoops may be used. The stakes will require to be left high enough to admit of the second hoop being placed, should it be requisite. Should any of the shoots be ill-placed, they may be adjusted, by being tied to the hoops." - J. Read.

[Your mode of training the gooseberry tree is good, not only for the purpose of keeping the fruit from being soiled, but to admit light and warmth to the centre, for the better ripening of the fruit. The annexed is a woodcut representing this mode of training. Many other plants are beautiful, trained in this way. For instance, the head of a Standard rose with an open centre and a rim of roses looks like a wreath, and is highly ornamental. A box tree thus spread out may represent a vase, and the open head tends to its successful growth].