IX. GOOSEBERRIES. 



The columns explain 1. The prevailing colour of the fruit ; 2. The 

 usual nature of its surface ; 3. Its form ; 4. Its size ; 5. Its 

 quality ; 6. Under the head of branches, what the habit of the 

 bush is. In regard to the second column it is necessary to 

 remark that some varieties marked smooth will not always 

 come so, but in some soils and situations will have the surface 

 thinly set with hairs ; again, although many varieties are 

 decidedly hispid under all circumstances, yet there are others 

 which occasionally produce fruit both slightly hispid and 

 smooth on the same plant ; in these cases the most general 

 appearance has been inserted. The abbreviations employed 

 are as follow ; 



1. Colour, r. red; w. white; y. yellow ; g. green ; p. pale ; d. dark. 



2. Surface, s. smooth ; d. downy ; h. hispid or rough. 



5. Quality. 1. First Rate; 2. Moderately good; 3. Indifferent, or bad. 



6. Branches, e. erect ; p. pendulous ; sp. spreading. 



