VARIETIES. 85 
of names of different kinds of the gooseberry, but 
after experimenting with many of them for years, 
and observing them under various circumstances, we 
are prepared to narrow our list down to a very few 
kinds,—as we have studied to do with the other fruits, 
—which we think combine the size, flavor, and pro- 
ductiveness of a//, at least for ordinary cultivation. 
CROMPTON’S SHEBA QUEEN. 
This is the largest and best flavored of all the Eng- 
lish varieties we have seen. Our attention was at- 
tracted to it some years since by the favorable reports 
and first premium of the Albany Horticultural Society, 
through the accurate chairman of its Fruit Committee, 
Dr. Herman L. Wendell, who says of it, “This is de- 
cidedly the richest and most delicious, as well as one 
of the most beautiful berries we have. It is larger in 
size than any of the others; obovate form; white, clear 
color; very pleasant, rich, and luscious in its flavor, 
and erect in its growth. It requires a deep, rich, and 
well-drained, as well as cool soil.” In other locations 
it sustains the same high character there given of it, 
and we have found it decidedly the best in our own 
garden. 
WOODWARD’S WHITESMITH. 
This is another large, beautiful, and excellent Eng- 
