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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURA.L SOCIETY. 



THE PEARL GOOSEBERRY. 



The Pearl is a gooseberry grown from seed of the Hough ton,crossed 

 with the Ashton Seedling, by Prof. William Saunders, and worthy of 

 special notice because, first, of its good quality; second, its size; 

 third, its productiveness; fourth, its freedom from mildew. 



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Now, with reference to these points, I will state" the result of my 

 observations. The qtiality was good, very much like the Downing in 

 this respect, as well as in color marking: but in size it averaged 

 nearly double that berry, and that in spite of the prodigous crop 



