20 GARDENING 



ton's Sheba Queen, white and excellent ; Hill's 

 Golden Gourd, green and slightly hairy ; Smiling 

 Beauty, first rate in quality, white ; Early Green, 

 hairy ; Glenton, green. 



Caterpillars in Gooseberry bushes. — Goose- 

 berry bushes are frequently attacked by caterpillars, 

 and once they get on them it is difficult to get rid 

 of them, except by hand-picking, which is a slow 

 process. The magpie moth and the gooseberry 

 and currant saw-fly deposit their eggs on the bushes, 

 and the larvae feed on the leaves. When the larvae 

 are full grown they descend into the earth and form 

 pupai, from which flies emerge and again lay eggs. 

 The pupae remain in the earth during the winter, 

 and the only way is to clear away soil from under 

 the bushes to the depth of three inches, and give a 

 dressing of lime and manure ; the soil taken out 

 should be burnt. It is a good plan during the 

 month of February to coat entirely the bushes over 

 with a mixture of lime, soot, and clay, made into the 

 consistency of paint. Mix it with a little kitchen fat, 

 and add to every half gallon of the mixture. Make 

 the whole warm, and paint on with a small brush. 

 This also prevents the birds picking out the buds. 



RECIPES 

 Gooseberries a la Balfour 



Stew some gooseberries, and pass them through a sieve, 

 and let them get cold ; then put them in a glass dish, and 

 cover with custard, and whip up the whites of two eggs to a 

 stiff froth, and that have been mixed lightly with castor 

 sugar, and lay on the top ; bake for a few minutes till very 

 pale brown, and strew shredded pistachio nut over it. 



