152 THE OUCHABD AND FBTJIT GAEDEN". 



[Royal White is a first-rate small, round, dessert goose- 

 berry ; the bush has an erect growth. 



Crompton's Sheba Queen, a Lancashire prize kind, is 

 a large, oblong, white, downy gooseberry, of first-rate 

 excellence in flavour, and a good bearer. It ripens 

 early, and the branches have an upward growth. 

 Sheba's Queen and Whitesmith, or Lancashire Lass, 

 are similar in character, and good bearers. 



Moore's White Bear is early, large, roundish, and 

 hairy. 



Wellington's Glory is a fine-flavoured white goose- 

 berry. It is large and roundish, with a thin, white, 

 downy skin. The bush has an upright growth. 



Abraham Newland is an excellent white gooseberry. 

 It is large, oblong, hairy, and full-flavoured. The bush 

 has an erect growth. 



Hill's Golden Gourd is very large, oblong, greenish- 

 yellow, and slightly hairy. It has a good flavour, and 

 ripens early. The branches are a little drooping. 



The Early Sulphur, Golden Ball, Golden Bull, or 

 Moss's Seedling, ripens very early, and is a great bearer. 

 The fruit is of medium size, roundish, yellow, and hairy. 

 The bush has an upright growth, and the leaves are 

 downy. 



Rumbullion, Yellow Globe, or Round Yellow, is an 

 excellent bearer, and the fruit is much used for bottling. 

 It is small, roundish, pale yellow, and downy, not of 

 first-rate flavour when ripe. The branches grow erect. 

 There is also a green Rumbullion, similar to this except 

 in colour. The Sulphur, or Rough Yellow, is a later 

 gooseberry of excellent flavour, the leaves of which are 

 not hairy. 



Other good yellow gooseberries are Yellow Warrington, 

 Yellow Champagne, or Hairy Amber, of first-rate ex- 

 cellence, Yellowsmith, much like it, Yellow Ball, first- 

 rate in flavour, and Smiling Beauty, a thin-skinned, 

 smooth gooseberry, of first-rate flavour. The White 

 Champagne is a small white hairy gooseberry, of first- 

 rate quality. 



The Early Green Hairy, Earfc Green, or Green Gas* 



