90 FRUIT-GARDENING. 



the Bunker Hill, Britannia Cottage Girl, Golden Gourd, 

 Golden Yellow, Gunner, Invincible, Regulator, Rockwood, 

 Sovereign, and Viper. 



GREEN GOOSEBERRIES. 



Of this variety we may enumerate the Angler, Early Green, 

 Favorite, Greenwood, Green Gage, Green Myrtle, Heart of Oak, 

 Independent, Jolly Tar, Laurel, Ocean, and Wistaston. 



WHITE GOOSEBERRIES. 



Bonny Lass, Governess, Lady of the Manor, Lioness, Nailer, 

 Queen of Sheba, Smiling Girl, White Bear, and White Eagle. 

 There are many other kinds enumerated in the large catalogues 

 of nursery-men. 



HOW TO PROPAGATE GOOSEBERRIES. 



The Gooseberry may be propagated by all the modes appli 

 cable to trees or shrubs ; but that by cuttings is usually adopted 

 for continuing varieties ; and that by seed for procuring them. 

 The cuttings should be taken from promising shoots just before 

 the leaves begin to fall in the autumn ; the greatest part of the 

 buds should be taken off, leaving only two or three buds on 

 the top. Cut them at such a length as^the strength and ripe 

 ness of the wood will bear ; and plant them in good pulverized 

 soil. On the approach of winter, lay some moss or litter 

 around them ; and, by being well cultivated, they will be fit to 

 transplant when they are a year old. Gooseberries are propa 

 gated by cuttings in the same manner as recommended for the 

 propagation of Currants on a previous page. 



PRUNING AND TRAINING. 



The Gooseberry produces its fruit not only on the shoots of 

 the preceding year, and on shoots two or three years old, but 

 also on spurs or snags arising from the older branches along 

 the sides ; but the former afford the largest fruit. The shoots 



