FRUIT GARDEN. 261 



stood and attended to, and where the fruit is held in 

 high estimation, or deserves to bo so.*f 



Its varieties are very numerous. In the London 

 nurseries are no less than one hundred different 

 sorts, and in those of Lancashire (where the cul- 

 ture is most general) three hundred ; some of which 

 are early, others late ; some large, and others small ; 

 some abounding in flavour, and others entirely des- 

 titute of it. In our brief catalogue we shall be gov- 

 erned altogether by the uses to which the fruit is 

 destined, and shall therefore indicate only three 

 sorts, the Wamngton or Manchester Red, employed 

 for the dessert ; the Early Wilmot Red, famous for 

 tarts and sauces ; and the Walnut Red. recommend- 

 ed by its quality of keeping or preserving better 

 than any other variety of the family. { 



Like other fruit-trees, the gooseberry may be 

 propagated by seeds, suckers, cuttings, &c., but the 

 last is the mode generally adopted. In this case 

 the cuttings are taken from bearing shoots, placed in 

 the nursery eight or ten inches apart, and trained 

 to the height of a foot with a clear stem, excepting 

 three or four buds at the top, which must be left to 

 form the future head, and which, when they have 

 pushed a few inches, must be radiated at an angle 

 between forty and forty-five degrees. When the 

 roots are sufficiently formed, the plants may be 

 taken up and placed in rows in the border or square 

 intended for them, at the distance of six feet be- 

 tween the rows, and four feet from plant to plant. 

 An annual labour about the roots is necessary, and, 



* This fruit is also of very large size and fine flavour in some 

 parts of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. 



f In Italy, France, and Spain, the plant is scarcely known, 

 and very little esteemed ; nor does it attract much attention in 

 Holland and Germany. 



^ If a larger collection be thought desirable, it may be had 

 on good terms and in excellent order from J. Whalley of Liver- 

 pool. 



