. Guide to hardy fruits and ornamentals . Fruit-culture. AMERICAN VARIETIES OF GOOSEBERRIES. Downing.—Very popular, large, pale green, good quality; bush vigorous, hardy and prolific. One of the best varieties ever introduced. Valu- able for market and the home table. Houghton.—A medium sized American va- riety; fruit smooth, red, tender and very good; bears abundant and regular crops. Free from mildew and sure to bear a crop even under neg- lect. Good only for home use as it is too small for market. Josselyn.— (Red Jacket.) The plants are strong, clean growers. An American seedling of large s
. Guide to hardy fruits and ornamentals . Fruit-culture. AMERICAN VARIETIES OF GOOSEBERRIES. Downing.—Very popular, large, pale green, good quality; bush vigorous, hardy and prolific. One of the best varieties ever introduced. Valu- able for market and the home table. Houghton.—A medium sized American va- riety; fruit smooth, red, tender and very good; bears abundant and regular crops. Free from mildew and sure to bear a crop even under neg- lect. Good only for home use as it is too small for market. Josselyn.— (Red Jacket.) The plants are strong, clean growers. An American seedling of large size; smooth, prolific and hardy, of best quality. Has been well tested over a wide extent downing. of territory by the side of all the leading varieties, and so far the freest from mildew, both in leaf and fruit, of them all. A wonderful cropper, with bright, clean, healthy foliage. Valuable for commercial purposes and the home table. Pearl.—An exceedingly prolific variety that has been well tested and ranks No. 1 in healthfulness, vigor of growth, freedom from mildew and productiveness. Same color as Downing; seems to possess all the good points of that variety with a little larger fruit and rather more prolific. A splendid market variety. Smith's.—Large, pale greenish yellow, skin thin of excellent quality,, being unsurpassed by any other variety for table use or cooking; bush moderately vigorous and exceedingly productive. Especially valuable for home use. ENGLISH VARIETIES OF GOOSEBERRIES. This family of Gooseberries are much more susceptible to mildew than the American sorts, they are, however, fine, large fruit of high quali- ty and command the highest market prices. Industry.—The best English Gooseberry yet introduced. Of vigorous, upright growth, greatest cropper and more free from mil- dew than any of the English varieties; ber- ries of the largest size, one and one-half inches in diameter, and one of the most ex- cellent flavor, both pleasant and rich; col
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