12 JULY 1945, Page 14

In My Garden The largest crop of the largest black-currants

that I have ever seen were growing in the cottage garden of a retired gardener. When he picked them he just cut off the branches; and this is held to be the best method both for ease of harvesting and for next year's crop. The same gardener never buys so-called seed potatoes: he grows the plants from his own cross-fertilized seed, and is disposed to think that he has produced a variety distinctly earlier than any on the market. Few amateur gardeners. I fancy, use seed as they might. Michaelmas Daisies, for example, are easily and satisfactorily grown from seed; and there is peculiar satisfaction