GOOSEBERRIES. 845 



EARLY ORLEANS. Fruit, medium sized; oval; skin, pale green, 

 hairy, and with a yellowish tinge. Flavour, very good and rich. 



This is a fine gooseberry and the earliest of all, coming in before 

 Green Gascoigne and Pitmaston Green Gage. 



EARLY ROUGH RED. Small, roundish oblong. Skin, red, and 

 hairy. A well-flavoured variety, but not first-rate. Bush, spreading. 



EARLY SULPHUR (Golden Ball; Goll.-n Hull; Mb*'a 

 Medium sized, roundish oblong. Skin, yellow and hairy. Of 

 second-rate quality. Bush, erect, very early, and a great bearer ; 

 leaves, downy. 



EARLY WHITE. Medium sized, roundish oblong. Skin, thin, 

 transparent, yellowish white, and slightly downy. Very sweet, good, 

 and early. A first-rate variety. Bush, spreading and erect ; an ex- 

 cellent bearer. 



ELIZABETH (Hollins). Fruit, long. Skin, smooth, greenish 

 white. Flavour, good. In 1863 weighed 26 dwt. 2 gr. 

 Bush, makes strong pendulous wood, and bears freely. 



EMPEROR NAPOLEON (Rival). Large and obovate. Skin, red, 

 and smooth. A second-rate variety. Bush, pendulous, and a good 

 bearer. 



ESKENDER BEY (Pickavance). The two-veined berries are long, 

 and a little tapering towards the stalk, the three-veined ones of medium 

 length, and better formed. Skin, hairy, very dark red, almost maroon ; 

 one of the darkest gooseberries grown. Flavour, not good. In 1864 

 weighed 30 dwt. 6 gr. 



Makes long slender wood, and forms a large bush. A good cropper. 



EVA (Walton). Fruit, long, plump, and evenly formed. Skin, 

 hairy, dull yellowish white. Flavour, good. In 1862 weighed 22 dwt. 



Bush, spreading ; makes vigorous wood, a little pendulous, and 

 bears freely. 



FANNY (Williams). Fruit, round. Skin, hairy, pale dull yellow. 

 Flavour, rich and excellent. 



Bush, an excellent bearer, and makes slender, erect wood. 



FARMER'S GLORY (Berry). Very large, and obovate. Skin, 

 thick, downy, and dark red, with a mixture of green. A first-rate 

 variety, and of excellent flavour. Bush, pendulous, and an abundant 

 bearer. 



FAVOURITE (Bates). Medium sized, oblong. Skin, smooth, and 

 green. Flavour, second-rate. Bush, pendulous. 



