The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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GOOSEBERRIES IN 1894. 



OR the general good, I take the liberty of reporting my 

 season's operations. I am a gooseberry grower ex- 

 clusively, except for home use. I am persuaded that 

 this is the only cure for glutted markets with fruit of 

 inferior quality and all its train of consequent evils. I 

 saw strawberries sold in Toronto at 4c., and it was all 

 they were worth. 



My gooseberries were sprayed with liver of sulphur before the leaves came 

 out, and at intervals of two weeks till the fruit was out of danger, with the result 

 that not a speck of mildew appeared upon either fruit or foliage of any variety — 

 even Whitesmith was perfectly free. Some varieties are now attacked on the 

 lips or new growth. 



Downing averaged 5 quarts to the bush all around, and sold readily at 6c. 



Pearly about the same as Downing in yield, but the bush is a more vigorous 

 grower, indeed, in this respect it has no peer except Champion. 



Champion gives promise of being an enormous yielder of large fruit, />., 

 larger than Downing. No sign of mildew on bushes not sprayed. 



Whitesmith sprayed gave fine, clean, large fruit. 



Queen gave a few «pecimens on spring-planted bushes — large, yellow and 

 good ; very vigorous grower. 



Autocrat did well as usual ; fruit very large. 



Chautauqua seems to be vigorous. 



Triumph, vigorous. 



Red Jacket, killed back to the ground last winter but came again from roots 

 this spring vigorously. 



Lancashire Lad bore a fine, large berry tinged with red, and of splendid 

 quality. 



Sprayed again to-day with liver of sulphur for mildew on fall growth of 

 foliage. 



I may say I sprayed Downing early in the season with Bordeaux to prevent 

 rust, with the intention of spraying at intervals all summer, but at second spray- 

 ing my sprayer — a cheap knapsack one — gave out by the bursting of the bulb. 



I learned two lessons from this experience; first, that these cheap machines 

 have not force enough ; second, that carrying 22 quarts of water on one's back 

 is not funny by any means. I shall, therefore, have to find some other way of 

 getting the liquid about. 



A keg and wheelbarrow with a light force-pump seems to be about what 

 is required where no horse is kept and not many large trees to be sprayed. 



The two sprayings seems to have prevented rust to a large extent. 



Another point I should like to mention. The foliage of my bushes were 

 badly burned in the spring, and I hardly know what to blame for it. At first I 



