GOOSEBERRIES. 849 



GUNNER (Hardcastle). Fruit, round. Skin, very hairy, dark 

 olive shaded ever with yellow. Flavour, first-rate. In 1830 it 

 weighed 28 dwt. 18 gr. Bush, large ; a good bearer, and makes 

 strong, erect wood. 



Hairy Amber. See Yellow Champagne. 

 Hairy Black. See Ironmonger. 



HAIRY RED (Barton). Small and roundish. Skin, thick, red, 

 and slightly hairy. Briskly and well-flavoured. Bush, erect, and an 

 excellent bearer. 



Hall's Seedling. See Whitesmith (Woodward). 



HASTE NWELL (Challinor). Fruit, plump, of medium length. 

 Skin, thin and hairy, dark red, of a brown shade. Flavour, very good. 

 In 1864 weighed 23 dwt. 19 gr. 



Bush, with strong, short-jointed shoots, and of medium size ; a free 

 bearer, and an early variety. 



HEART OF OAK (Massey). Large and oblong, tapering to the 

 stalk. Skin, thin, green, with yellowish veins. Rich and excellent. 

 Bush, pendulous, and an abundant bearer. 



HEBBURN PROLIFIC. Medium sized, roundish. Skin, rather 

 thick, dull green, and hairy. Very rich and sweet. Bush, erect, with 

 broad, thick leaves, and an abundant bearer. 



HEDGEHOG. Medium sized, roundish. Skin, thin, white, and 

 hairy. A richly-flavoured variety. Bush, erect, the shoots thickly 

 set with small bristly spines. This name is also applied to Glenton 

 Green, in Scotland. 



HENSON'S SEEDLING. Fruit, above the medium size, ovate. 

 Skin, hairy, deep red. Flavour, rich, resembling Red Champagne, 

 but quite distinct. In character it is between Red Champagne and 

 Red Warrington. Bush, of erect growth, and very free bearer. 



It was raised by Mr. Henson, of Peterborough, and received a First 

 Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1873. 



HERO OF THE NILE (Moore). Fruit, plump, of medium length. 

 Skin, smooth, greenish white. Flavour, good. In 1864 weighed 

 28 dwt. 



Makes a medium sized spreading bush, and bears freely. 



HIGHLANDER (Banks). Fruit, short and round. Skin, hairy, 

 and very thin, deep red mottled with a darker shade. Flavour, first- 

 rate. In 1852 weighed 26 dwt. 23 gr. 



Bush, with long slender shoots, and of medium size ; an excellent 

 bearer. An early variety. 



