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largest of the native varieties ; often over an inch in length. 

 Plant a coarse, spreading grower, with very strong spines. 

 Productive and valuable. 



Originated with the Shakers, at Lebanon, Pa. 



FOREIGN VARIETIES. 



To attempt to give a list of the best foreign varieties, 

 would be the hight of folly on my part, inasmuch as there 

 is no dozen or more sorts upon which any two of the 

 most experienced English growers would agree. 



The number of really first class varieties known in 

 England is almost innumerable, and a host of new ones 

 are brought forward every season. To give some idea of 

 the attention which is paid to the culture of this fruit in 

 England, I will state that the Annual Gooseberry Grow- 

 ers' Register, for 1863, is a volume of over 200 pages, and 

 gives reports of one hundred and fifty-five Gooseberry 

 shows. 



When the horticulturists of the United States will sup- 

 port as mnny exhibitions for the purpose of showing any 

 one or all the small fruits combined, then we shall have 

 no need of looking to other countries for new varieties. 



Among the old varieties which have been known in this 

 country for twenty to forty years, and are still esteemed 

 as good as any, I will name the following : 



RED. Ironmonger, Warrington, Red Champagne, Red 

 Walnut. 



GREEN. Green Walnut, Green Globe, Green Gage, 

 White Smith. 



YELLOW. Golden Drop, Sulphur, Conqueror, Yellow 

 Champagne, Hunt's, Tawny, Royal Sovereign. 



WHITE. Large Crystal, Royal George, White Dutch, 

 White Walnut. 



