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& Redpath of Minneapolis. In igog the American Pomological Society added Carrie to 

 its recommended list of fruits. 



Plants verj' large, vigorous, spreading, dense, very productive, healthy; young shoots 

 slender, of medium number, green, overlaid with reddish brown, overspread with dull 

 gray scarf-skin; older wood branching but little, very slender, willowy; prickles small, 

 strong, slender, average 3, smaller and almost absent on the older wood, with numerous 

 short bristles between the nodes; leaf -buds narrow, small, long, conical, free; leaves of 

 medium size, cordate, with deeply cut, obovate lobes, dark green, glossy, of medium thick- 

 ness, variable in smoothness, with crenate or somewhat toothed margins; petiole medium in 

 length, slender, greenish, pubescent. Flowers midseason, of medium size, 1-3, seldom 5, 

 variable; pedicels of medium length and thickness, glabrous, greenish; calyx-tube green, 

 glabrous; caljTi-lobes medium in length, width and thickness, nearly glabrous, very light 

 green with a faint tinge of red; ovary shiny, almost glabrous. Fruit midseason; very small 

 but variable, roundish, often with a long meaty shank at the base, dull red mingled with 

 gray, glabrous; skin smooth, glaucous, thin, tough; flesh light green, moderately juicy, 

 tender, mild and rather sweet mingled with a little sprightliness ; quality good. 



Catherine, i. Card. Citron. 758. 1842. 2. A'^. Y. Sta. Bui. 114:21. 1897. 



Originated in England about 1840. As grown at this Station the plants are moderately 

 vigorous, productive, slightly inclined to mildew; fruit large, oval, with thick skin, lemon- 

 yellow, nearly smooth; good. 

 Cedar Hill. i. U. S. D. A. Pmn. Rpt. 394. i8gi. 



Originated with Dr. A. W. Thornton, West Femdale, Washington, prior to 1890. 

 Plants upright, very productive, and free from mildew; fruit large, oval, with thin skin, 

 richly flavored. 



Champion, i. Ohio Hart. Soc. Rpt. 177. 1886-7. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 18. 1897 



Originated with 0. D. Dickinson, Salem, Oregon, previous to 1880. Plants vigorous, 

 productive; fruit medium in size, roundish oval, greenish yellow; good; early. 



Charles, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 286. ig2i. 



A cross between Houghton and Roaring Lion originated by William Saunders, London, 

 Ontario; fruit larger than that of Downing, roundish oval, green, tinged with red, slightly 

 subacid; good; midseason. 



Chautauqua, i. Am. Card. I5:iig, fig. i8g3-94. 2. .V. Y. Sta. Bid. 114:22, PI. 8, 

 fig. 61. i8g7. 

 Of all the European gooseberries grown in North America, Chautauqua is probably 

 the most promising, and as it grows in New York, at least, it is certainly the most deserving. 

 In plant and fruit Chautauqua is far superior to Houghton and Downing which nurser>Tnen 

 ind their agents keep constantly before growers of gooseberries. Chautauqua is less easily 

 propagated than the sorts named, and hence difficult to obtain. At this Station the plants 

 are almost free from the mildew which prevents the culture of the European gooseberries 

 in many parts of the United States. Its culture is of the easiest and anyone who grows the 

 comparatively worthless Houghton and Downing can as easily grow this admirable sort. 

 The origin of Chautauqua is unknown. The original plant, however, was first observed in 



