THE GOOSEBERRY. 



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first quality. Hangs long without cracking, and im- 

 proves in flavor. Branches drooping. 



PARKINSON'S LAUREL. Large, obovate, green, downy, fla- 

 vor of first quality ; branches rather erect. 



WELLINGTON'S GLORY. Large, rather oval, very downy, 

 skin quite thin ; flavor excellent; branches erect. 



HOUGHTON'S SEEDLING. Fruit small, oval, commonly about 



three-fourths of 

 an inch long ; 

 ,skin smooth, thin, 

 glossy, a pale, 

 dull reddish 



brown, marked 

 with faint green- 

 ish lines ; flesh 

 tender, juicy, 

 sweet, pleasant. 

 Ripens soon after 

 midsummer. Not 

 high-flavored, as 

 compared with 

 the bestEuropean 

 sorts, but a pro- 

 fuse bearer, al- 

 ways free of mil- 

 dew, and of very 



Fig. 284 Houghton's Seedling. easy Cultivation. 



A seedling from a wild American species; origin, Salem 

 Mass. 



