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the nineteenth centurj- but no mention of the name of the originator or of the parentage of 

 the berry can be found. The variety- is widely grown in England. In 1909 the name 

 was added to the fruit list of the American Pomological Society. 



Plants medium in size and \ngor, upright-spreading, dense, productive, healthy; 

 young shoots intermediate in stockiness and number, reddish brown almost entirely sub- 

 merged by dull gray scarf-skin; prickles medium in thickness, strength and length, usually 

 singly, with a few bristles between the nodes toward the base of the canes; leaf-buds medium 

 in size, length and plumpness, conical, free; leaves rather small, open at the base, cordate, 

 with deeply cut lobes, medium in color and thickness, semi-glossy, rugose, with somewhat 

 toothed or crenate, hairy margins; petiole short, of medium thickness, greenish, pubes- 

 cent, with light colored hairs. Flowers late, usually singly; pedicels short, slender, pubes- 

 cent; calj'x-tube green, pubescent; calj^-lobes medium in length, width and thickness, 

 tinged red; ovary pubescent. Fruit early; variable in size averaging medium, roundish 

 oval to long-oval, light green, with a silver^' tinge and with a few flecks of rusty red near 

 the base: skin nearly smooth, glaucous, thin, tough, translucent; flesh greenish, juicy, 

 firm, sprightly to sweet at full maturity; quality good. 



King of Trumps, i. Card. Chron. 868. 1864. 2. N. Y. Sta. Bid. 114:26. 1897. 



On the Station groimds the plants are moderately vigorous and mildew badly; fruit 

 large, roundish oblong, smooth, pale green, subacid; good. 



Lady Houghton. 1. Jour. Hort. N. S. 3:124. 1881. 2. .V. Y. Sta. Bid. 114:26. 1897. 

 As grown here the plants are moderately vigorous and free from mildew; fruit large, 

 oblong, yellowish green, sHghtly h&vry, sweet; good. 



Lady Popham. i. Card. Chron. 103. 1S64. 2. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 114:26. 1897. 



In the Station plats the plants are moderately \agorous, productive and nearly free 

 from mildew; fruit large, roundish oval, nearly smooth, yellow, very sweet; good. 



Lady Stanley, i. Card. Chron. 583. 1846. 2. K. Y. Sta. Bui. 114:26. 1897. 



At this Station the plants are moderateh^ vigorous and slightly subject to mildew; 

 fruit of medium size, oblong, green tinged with red, slighth- hairy, subacid; good. 



Lancashire Lad. 1. Lindley Guide Orch. Card. 174. 183 1. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 133. 

 1 866. 3. Card Bush-Fr. 325. 191 7. 



Hartshorn's Lancashire Lad. 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 216. 1845. 



This old English sort has long been grown in America and is possibly among the half 

 dozen best European gooseberries for American conditions. The fnuts stand shipment 

 particularly well and are handsome in appearance and ver>^ good in flavor when permitted 

 to ripen completely. It is a favorable market sort wherever it succeeds. Perhaps its 

 most valuable characteristic, however, is that the plants are comparatively little troubled 

 with the dreaded mildew. As a green fruit, the product is not desirable, as it is very 

 austere and sometimes astringent. This is an English variety of unknown origin, 

 long grown in English gardens and early introduced to America. 



Plants small, weak, spreading, open, vmproductive ; 3-oung shoots stock}', few, reddish 

 brown overlaid with dull gray scarf-skin ; prickles strong, short, 1-3 ; leaf-buds small, medium 

 in length, obtuse, plump, free; leaves medium in size, thickness and color, cordate, with 



