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berries from A to Z, and there he was awarded a gold medal 

 from the Royal Horticultural Society of Copenhagen for this 

 particular variety. Here it would be impossible for him to be 

 recognized. People would not consider a new variety of goose- 

 berry worth looking after. But when they give a gold medal 

 for a gooseberry in Denmark we certainly ought to recognize 

 that there is some value to this fruit over here. I have found 

 that this particular variety I have spoken of has produced on 

 the place of this young Danish man at the rate of $2000 to the 

 acre. If he can do that, there are lots of us who have even 

 better conditions than he has to work with and can certainly 

 do as much. I find the common Downing which is grown so 

 much in this country is practically the best one for marketing, 

 because it can be marketed green and hard and shipped almost 

 any distance. Nova Scotia supplies the Boston market almost 

 entirely with these, and last year they sold at from $2.50 to $3.56 

 a bushel. At the rate of half a bushel to a bush you can see 

 that is a pretty good crop. And it can be done here if it can 

 in Nova Scotia. So I recommend, wherever you can create a 

 market for thetp, planting some gooseberries and experimenting 

 with them in a small way, particularly for your own use. The 

 English varieties, like the Industry and Crown Bob are the best 

 eating ones, while we have some splendid large American hy- 

 brids, the Columbus, Chautauqua and Pearl, And the Down- 

 ing when it is thoroughly ripe is as nice today as almost any 

 of the gooseberries. One great advantage of either goose- 

 berries or currants is that you have not got to market them the 

 day that they seem to be ripe. You can let them stand on the 

 bushes almost indefinitely. I have picked gooseberries as late 

 as the first of September that were in splendid condition on my 

 place, and the week of September 8th I visited a friend of 

 mine just south of Boston and he was still picking his currants. 

 They had covered the bushes with a piece of cheesecloth to keep 

 the hot sun off them. We do not make half enough 01 these ^ 



small fruits. In some places there are a good many wild fruits 

 that may take their place, but I think that in small cities and 

 towns where we have to depend so much on the Italian fruit 

 seller we ought to grow more of this kind of fruit for ourselves, 

 for we can have such high quality and have it easily. 



