VARIETIES OF GOOSEBERRIES 



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Berries small, round-oval, purplish-red, conspicuously veined, grayish 

 bloom; pedicel slender; flesh green, firm, juicy, translucent, pleasantly sub- 

 acid; quality good to very good; seeds small, rather few. 



718. Chautauqua (Fig. 267). B. Glossidaria. — Chautauqua is 

 a fine gooseberry of the European type, almost free from mildew, 

 and easily grown wherever the comparatively 

 worthless Houghton and Downing will thrive. 

 The original plant was found by Lewis Roesch, 

 Fredonia, New York, in 1876. It is probably a 

 pure-bred European and possibly an old Eng- 

 lish sort renamed. Freedom, Columbus, Por- 

 tage, Triumph, Duplication, Wellington, Glory, 

 and Careless are all very similar, and no doubt WV 

 some of them are identical. 



Plants medium large, vigorous, stocky, upright-spread- 

 ing, rather dense, very productive, with but little mildew ; FiG. 267. Chau- 

 suckers few, smooth, straight, rather long, with short 

 internodes, dull light gray; spines thick, strong, numer- 

 ous, long, very sharp, in ones, twos and threes. Leaves obovate, taper- 

 pointed, thick; upper surface glossy, light green, smooth, glabrous; lower 

 surface olive-green; margin blunt-crenate ; petiole about % inch long, 

 slender, pubescent. Flowers midseason. Fruit midseason; large in diam- 

 eter, round-oval, silvery green; pedicels % inch long, pubescent; skin 

 smooth, covered with bloom, thick, tough, translucent ; flesh pale green, 

 juicy, firm, sweet; quality good; seeds large, nu- 

 merous. 



719. Columbus (Fig. 268). R. Grossularia. 

 — Very similar to Chautauqua, or identical 

 with it, Columbus is offered by several nur- 

 serymen as distinct. If it differs from Chau- 

 tauqua, it is in the fruits, which seem to some 

 authorities to be larger and yellower. On 

 the assumption that it does differ in fruit, it 

 is well to let the variety stand, as it is one of 

 the best of the English gooseberries for Ameri- 

 It was introduced by Ellwanger & Barry, Roch- 

 ester, New York, sometime previous to 1890. 



720. Crown Bob (Fig. 269). R. Grossularia. — Crown Bob is 

 one of the best gooseberries in quality of fruit, its rich vinous 



Fig. 268. Co- 

 lumbus. 



can conditions. 



