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Fruit ripe September 6th to 10th. Size 17/,, inches across and 
1*/,, inches deep, calyx persistent. Colour bright red almost all over. 
Flesh crisp, juicy, acid, and of fair flavour, astringency very slight, 
bakes well. 
Among other varieties of promise are Cavan, Dean, Northern 
Queen, Carleton and Prairie Gem. Over 400 in all of these cross- 

Fic. 4—NOVELTY. Fic. 5.—PROGRESS. 
bred fruits have been produced and many new sorts are fruiting each 
year. Most of the good varieties are being propagated for more 
extended distribution. 
Cross-bred Gooseberries. 
These have been made with the object of improving the size and 
quality of the varieties known as American gooseberries, by introduc- 
ing strains of some of the best English sorts, so as to get as far as 
is possible the size and quality of the English gooseberry with the 
comparative freedom from mildew which characterizes the American 
sorts. Two of the gooseberry crosses, Pearl and Josselyn (Red 
Jacket), have become popular and are now in general cultivation in 
