appearance of a small smooth gooseberry, but its flavour is 

 very different. It is entirely destitute of the flatness which 

 is more or less perceptible in even the best gooseberries, in 

 lieu of which it has a rich sub-acid vinous rather perfumed 

 flavour, which is extremely agreeable. The fruit is rather 

 too acid to be eaten raw, but when ripe it makes delicious 

 tarts, and would probably form an excellent means of im- 

 proving the common gooseberry by hybridizing. 



