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is a great bearer, and retains its fruit a long 

 time on the tree ; the Champagne, an early 

 gooseberry of very fine flavour; the Early 

 Rough Red, small, but remarkable for its sweet- 

 ness ; the Roaring Lion, the largest gooseberry 

 grown, a good bearer, the berries of which are 

 oblong, and have a smooth skin ; the Iron- 

 monger, the fruit of which is almost black ; the 

 Crown Bob, a very large gooseberry, equally 

 good for using green or ripe ; and the Top- 

 Sawyer, a large, round, and rough gooseberry, 

 with a very thin skin, and an agreeable flavour. 

 The best White Gooseberries are : the White 

 Dutch, the Whitesmith, Wellington's Glory, 

 and the Cheshire Lass, the last two being of a 

 very large size. The best Yellow are : Rum- 

 bullion and Rockwood, the first of which is 

 reckoned the best of all gooseberries for pre- 

 serving ; and the best Green are : Ocean, a large 

 early gooseberry ; Massey's Heart of Oak ; 

 and the Pitmaston Green Gage, a late variety 

 remarkable for its extraordinary sweetness, and 

 for its hanging on the tree till destroyed by frost. 

 The best early gooseberries are : the small dark 

 Rough Red, and Keens' seedling Warrington, 

 the Early Green Hairy, the Green Walnut, 

 and the Early White. The best late goose- 

 berries are : Leigh's Rifleman, Farmer's Glory, 

 the Warrington, the Roaring Lion, the Yellow 

 Ball, the White Honey, the White Fig, Bright 

 Venus, and the Pitmaston Green Gage. 



Currants are very seldom raised from seeds, 

 as there is no particular desire for the produc- 

 tion of new sorts. The usual mode of pro- 

 pagation is by cuttings, which are taken off 



