VARIETIES OF GOOSEBERRIES 



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instead of green; their quality is excellent. The variety origi- 

 nated about 1890, with W. H. Craighead, Brigham City, Utah. 



Plants large, vigorous, upright-spreading, dense, hardy, very produc- 

 tive, not susceptible to mildew; branches stocky, rough, long, usually 

 straight, resembling those of Downing; spines thick, strong, long, less 

 numerous and thicker than those of Houghton, variable in number; foliage 

 healthy. Fruit matures early, period of ripening long, readily picked, 

 ships well; berries over 1 inch long, nearly 1 inch through, oval to slightly 

 obovate, semi-transparent, silvery-green changing at full maturity to pink- 

 ish-red; quality good; seeds numerous, small. 



728. Red Jacket (Fig. 275). R. hirtellum X R. Grossularia. 

 — Red Jacket has excellent plant characters, but 

 the berries are quite too small for the variety to 

 have value for commercial plantations. The ber- 

 ries are of especially high quality, being juicy, 

 rich and fragrant. Red Jacket is a hybrid be- 

 tween Houghton and Red Warrington, a Euro- 

 pean sort; the cross was made by William 



Saunders, London, Ontario, about 1876. 



' ' Fig. 275. Red 



Plant vigorous, productive, healthy, being practically Jacket, 



free from mildew. Fruit small to medium, round-oblong, 

 reddish-green, becoming pale red; skin smooth; flesh firm, juicy, trans- 

 parent, sweet, rich; quality very good; seeds small, numerous. 



