. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. berries without receiving much punishment in return. The berries cluster along the lower side of the bearing branch. They are best removed by elevating and steady- ing the branch with one hand while the other hand rap- idly removes the berries, working from the base up- wards. Picking costs between 1 and 2 cent
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. berries without receiving much punishment in return. The berries cluster along the lower side of the bearing branch. They are best removed by elevating and steady- ing the branch with one hand while the other hand rap- idly removes the berries, working from the base up- wards. Picking costs between 1 and 2 cents per quartâ usually ly^ cents. English Gooseberries should be marketed either in quart boxes or in 5-pound Climax baskets. American varieties are nearly always picked green, and are usually called for in considerable quantities for stewing, jam making or for canning. These are shipped in 10- and 20-pound baskets. Beach, in Bull. 114, N. Y. Exp. Sta., gives the following reasons for marketing Gooseberriesin the green condition; "(l)Thehard, green fruit is not as easily injured in picking and packing as the pulpy ripe fruit, and it will stand transportation better. (2) The fruit that is allowed to ripen on the bushes is exposed longer to attacks of sunscald and mildew, and should long-continued rains follow a period of drought, the ripening fruit is liable to crack and spoil. (3) The ripening of fruit is an exhaustive process, from which the tree is partly relieved when the fi'uit is marketed green. (4) The proceeds from the green fruit usually compare favorably with the proceeds from the ripe fruit, although the large English varieties some- times bring the highest prices of the ; Gooseberries are very palatable if canned jxist before reaching maturity. Sugar should be used in the pro- portion of one-third to one-half pound to each quart of berries. When treated in this way, Gooseberry pie may be enjoyed at any time during winter. Gooseberry jam is indulged in
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