partakes largely of European characteristics. Downing 

 is the most widely planted o{ all Gooseberries in America 

 (Pig. 929) ; fruit medium size, <,v:il, kiv.-ii ; plant ui.rit,'lit, 

 vigorous, healtli\-, i'i-^mIu'M'. i-, ri..M.l,f-ii. .-m <<]■] r:r>''i 

 ite; fr. small, V" •' ' " ! ■■■■■■' ■ • '' ' • f ■•• ' . 



almost identical v i i > . . i: i ,, . . . 



Josselvn; fr. Inr-- i ' ' .;••;-- :i!,'l I'l.- 



llfic. AiK.tli.-.- ,.,..• :,:,,.■: //. Cj. :,..:,.::.. 



represciii'-! i'-- ^ i ■ li. ' • . ■ • • ■ ■■ :^-iii. 

 Pri./hi,' ■ ! i M- I' |ii-inoipalways. 



{1| t'liti I : 1 - 111 "Strike" very 



readilv ii.n. r,,i: ,,, ■■-. \- m^- '.■■in.i;.', ix.ot more freely 

 than English types. The cuttings may be taken in the 

 fall, as soon as the wood is ripened. They should be 

 a. long. They may be set in the ground at once, 



1 the Kiv 



"red in 



dens 



liy gn 



.and 



courages 



by plowing a furrow against tin 



forcing the branches down by tlir<i ' My on 



top of the bnshes. In moi.st re^'iin :i . -mi -nutively 

 small amount of covering is neeess;iry. hi iliyish re- 

 gions 5 or G inches of soil is necessary. In the fall the 

 soil is removed and the rooted branches separated from 

 the parent bush, leaving buds for the prndnetion of 

 shoots the following season; or, tin- iniirr i.hmt nv\y be 

 takenup and divided. (3) Root-em!' !■ \ i. , in.ose- 

 berries may also be propagated li> < ' ■ roots. 



The plants are taken up in the li; i r i^ pos- 



sible The latter are cut into '^ or ' in li !■ n'tlis and 



^^%s^^^ 



Down ng Gooseberry 



tmgs lu ui 

 buds Bbo\e tl 

 La\er plants 

 plant used aim 



Diseases.— The Gooseberry, as a rule, is affected seri- 

 usly bv only two plant parasites, mildew and leaf-spot. 



■lie fonii.T att.i.'ks the English v.irietios, while the lat- 



covers the atl'eetcd piirt with a gray, frust-like coating. 

 This turns to a dirty brown later on. It is a surface- 

 growing parasite, and the web-like covering may be 

 peeled from the fruit in its early stages. Tlie ends of 

 the shoots and younger leav. - ;,!. ■.,■■! ■.,,■].,. ,i mi -i, , mi-- 



ing the bush to take on a Sim .: , I, - 



dies for mildew: (l)Sanitarv: i . ;.i..| 



by a favorable site, g„„d (1 mil ■ ! . i,i n-. 



(2)Fungiei.t, -: '-- i r-..t:, . i,, - i ■ 



Idav 



of a saw-fly attacks the foliage soon after 



fruit sets. The attack is first made on the lower 



leaves. From this point the worms work upward on 



the bush, stripping the leaves in their line of march. 



The worms are exceedingly voracious, and will defoliate 



a bush in 2 or 3 days The mature insect is a saw-fly, 



which deposits its eggs on the under side of the leaf 



1. sually tn o bi oods occur during the season Treatment 



S| rav with aisenical poison eiilj Bordeaux mixture 



IP r 1 mav be used in combination for the 



the later sprays fresh i ow dei ed 



te of 1 lb to 50 gals of water is 



er should not wait for the insect 



ce but sho Id iv rd off 1 n r ns 



lil> 



anes are 



urned San Jos^ scale 

 •ometimes injurious Wl 

 ;I e foimer it should be tl 

 winter 1 



ot 



to loot up and destroy the bushes 

 is used against the four lined bug 

 John Ceaip 

 GOOSEBEKEY BARBADOES ^ee P e i 

 GOOSEFOOT \ rnaciHrforC; njol i> 



