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Pilot. I. Card. Cliron. 118. 1841. 2. A^ Y. Sta. Bid. 114:28. 1S97. 



Originated in England long ago. At this Station the plants are moderately vigorous, 

 spreading, subject to mildew; fruit small, roundish oblong, green, smooth, subacid; inferior. 

 Plowboy. I. A^ Y. Sta. Bui. 114:28. 1897. 



Plcugh Boy. 2. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. yj. 1842. 



Originated in England nearly a century ago. In the Station plats the plants are 

 moderately \'igorous, mildew slighth-; fruit large, oblong, smooth, light red, subacid; 

 good. 



Poorman. i. Utah St. Bd. Hoit. Rpt. 64. 1903-04. 2. A^. Y. Sta. Bnl. 364:10^. 1913. 

 3. Rural N. Y. 79:875. 1920. 



This variety has attracted more attention from American gooseberry growers than 

 anj- other sort in this generation. It has very generally' received the approbation of pomolo- 

 gists because of the vigor and productiveness of the plants and the handsome appearance 

 and high quality of the fruits. It passes as an American sort, with few characters to indicate 

 European blood. The berries are much larger than those of any of the other American 

 varieties and are characterized by their oval shape and red color when ripe. The quality 

 is unsurpassed by that of any other gooseberry. The thorns are short and few and less 

 objectionable than in most American varieties. Another splendid character is that it is 

 easily propagated from cuttings, so that nurserymen should find it much more profitable 

 to grow than either the Houghton or Downing which they so commonly sell because of 

 easy propagation. The plants are so vigorous that they should be set farther apart in the 

 field than other varieties. Poorman originated about 1888 with William H. Craighead, 

 Brigham City, Utah, and was introduced in 1896 by D. S. Lohr, Tremonton, Utah. It 

 is supposed to be a cross between Houghton and Downing, and the bush and fruit would 

 indicate such parentage. In 1909 the American Pomological Society added Poorman to 

 its catalog list of fruits. 



Plants very large, very vigorous, upright, becoming quite spreading, dense, productive, 

 healthy ; young shoots variable but average slender, numerous, reddish brown, covered with 

 a rather loose, gray scart"-skin; prickles quite variable, average medium in size, strong, 

 variable in thickness and length, 1-3, interspersed with few to many bristles between the 

 intemodes; leaf-buds medium in size and length, conical, lean, semi-free; leaves medium to 

 very large especially on the branches without fruit, cordate, with deeply cut, obovate 

 lobes, thin, medium green, semi-glossy, rugose, with crenate to nearly serrate, hairy mar- 

 gins; petioles medium in length, rather slender, greenish, pubescent, with very few glands 

 near the base. Flowers midseason, medium in size, usually singly, sometimes two; pedicels 

 medium in length and thickness, glabrous; calyx-tube green or with tinge of red, glabrous; 

 calyx-tubes short, narrow, medium in thickness, glabrous within, with a few small hairs 

 without, duU greenish red; ovary glabrous. Fruit early midseason, ripening period long, 

 picks easily; variable in size, averaging above medium, roundish oval to distinctly oval or 

 somewhat pear-shaped, pale silvery green gradually changing to a beautiful pinkish red 

 deepening to almost wine-red; skin smooth, with thin, lilac bloom, rather tough, translu- 

 cent; flesh greenish, juicy, tender, pleasantly sprightly becoming very sweet; aromatic; 

 quality verj' good to best. 



