HOW TO MARKET GOOSEBERRIES. 



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could be made, or it could continue by a 

 graceful sweep to the stable and end in a 

 turn-round as in Fig". 1907. The distance, 

 however, from the street to the front steps 

 is not too much for anyone but an invalid to 

 walk easily, and as a drive must be main- 

 tained in the rear, it would serve both pur- 

 poses and save the front lawn from dis- 

 fig-urement, and also save a great deal of ex- 

 pense in construction and repairs. Walks 

 or drives possess no real beaut\'. They are 

 expensive to build and to keep in repair and 

 no more should be maintained than are ab- 

 solutely necessar\'. 



In g-roupingf trees and shrubs, the prin- 

 ciples to be followed are to so arrang-e them 

 that as many as possible of the beautiful 

 features of both near and distant views will 

 be preserved and improved by the grouping-, 

 and all unpleasant features covered up. 

 The dotted lines from the principal points of 

 view at the dwelling and focusing at the 

 points a a, etc., show how the beautiful out- 

 look or important points may be kept in 



view, while the g^roups at or near b show 

 how such objects as are undesirable may be 

 hidden from view. These lines show also 

 from what points outside of the grounds 

 pleasing- views may be had of the dwelling- 

 and its surrounding-s, a feature not to be 

 overlooked. 



The barn, which is in most cases not an 

 object to be made conspicuous, but rather 

 to be somewhat secluded, is covered by the 

 trees and shrubs g-rouped along- the drive. 

 The seat, d, is represented in full view, with 

 trees over and in the rear of it, but if de- 

 sired it could be easily secluded by arrang-- 

 ing- some of the g-roups in front of it. The 

 croquet grounds, e, are hidden from the 

 street by a border of larg-e shrubs, but are in 

 full view from the dwelling. 



In planting- g-roups of trees and shrubs, 

 the larg-est and tallest should be set in the 

 center, with the smaller ones on the bor- 

 ders and as much variety and beauty as is 

 possible secured in their arrang-ement. 



How TO Market Gooseberries — Goose- 

 berries may be marketed either g-reen or 

 ripe. Some growers pick the smaller fruits 

 green and allow the finest fruits to ripen. 

 This is less exhausting for the bushes than 

 it is to allow the whole crop to ripen. 

 Others market the entire crop green, a 

 method least exhausting to the bushes, and 

 it also has this in its favor that the sooner 

 the crop is in the market the less risk there 

 is of its injury by sun-scald, mildew or other 

 fungous or insect trouble. Each g-rower 

 must determine for himself according to his 

 local market conditions what method of 

 handling the fruir is best for him. Green 

 gooseberries are stripped from the branches 

 quite rapidly. They may then be run 

 throug-h the fanning- mill if necessary to free 



them from leaves, sticks, etc., and then 

 packed for market. 



The style of packag-e will be usually de- 

 termined by the market demand. Some of 

 the European sorts are best to grow for 

 green g-ooseberries, because they attain con- 

 siderable size very early in the season. 

 Among the best sorts for this purpose are 

 Industry (Whinham's Industry), Crown Bob 

 and Lancashire Lad. These are red 

 varieties and are favorite market sorts in 

 Eng^land, either green or ripe. The White- 

 smith is a white variety, excellent quality 

 and productive. Wellington's Glorj- is also 

 very productive, fruit large, yellowish, 

 nearly white, and handsome in appearance. 



New York. 



S. A. Beach. 



