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the first few pickings. The plants are small but are good runner 

 makers. Its prominent place has been generally taken by its seedling, 

 the Uunlap. 



The following varieties have fruited here for the first time this 

 season : 



Hocking No. 5: — Pistillate. From Flansburgh & Potter, Leslie, 

 Mich. A medium to small berry of deep, glossy red. Roundish conical 

 in shape but somewhat irregular and nubby. Quality is fair. Plants are 

 thrifty, compact growers. Has not shown any promising features yet- 

 Needs further trial. 



Lucas: — Staminate. Medium-sized, oblate conical, firm and of fair 

 quality. Plants are large, healthy growers. Had a fair crop this year. 

 Needs further trial. 



Lincoln Seedling:— Staminate. From C. E. Whitten, Bridgman, 

 Michigan. Shape long conical. Medium size. Color bright red. Tex- 

 ture is somewhat soft. Plants are good, thrifty growers. Bore very 

 well. Promising as a medium late variety. 



Schreiber:— Staminate. From A. Schreiber, St. Joseph, Michigan, who 

 thinks it is a cross between the Barton Eclipse and Dunlap. It is a 

 large berry and well colored. Flavor mild and pleasant. Texture is 

 only moderately firm. The plants are strong, vigorous growers, making 

 a low, compact growth. The variety has done well on a light soil. Bore 

 well. Looks promising but needs further trial. 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



Although the gooseberry plantation is, for the most part, ten years 

 old with some of the plants even older than this, it is still in good 

 shape and bore a very good crop. The American kinds seem to stand 

 rather longer than the European varieties even though the mildewy 

 which is the greatest enemy of the latter sorts, is kept in subjection. 

 This is partly due to the fact that the stem borers are less troublesome 

 to the American varieties. One of the principal diflflculties in growing 

 the gooseberry is the currant worm, which appears as soon as the leaves 

 develop and seems to prefer the foliage of the gooseberry to that of the 

 currant. We have found no difiiculty in controling it if one or two 

 applications of Paris green, or some other arsenite, are made as soon as 

 the worms appear. By examining the leaves on the lower and inside 

 portions of the bushes, the presence of the young worms can be detected 

 by the numerous holes they make in the leaves. They can often be 

 found there a week or ten days before they show on the upper portion 

 of the plant and at this time they can be very readily destroyed. 



Although the American varieties are not seriously injured by mildew 

 there are one or two forms of leaf blight that attack the plants, 

 especially in a dry season, and in some cases cause most of the leaves 

 to drop before the fruit has ripened. The use of Bordeaux mixture in the 

 same application with the arsenite will hold this in check. For the 

 mildew upon the European gooseberries it will be necessary to supple- 

 ment the two applications of Bordeaux mixture which have been made 

 at intervals of ten days or two weeks, with two or three sprayings of 

 liver of sulphur, using about three ounces in ten gallons. With this 



