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PRIZE GOOSEBERRIES. 



KNOWING that several florists are great cultivators 

 of Gooseberries, I have been induced, for their grati- 

 fication, to insert a copy of the winning berries of 

 the year 1823, distinguished into four classes ; 

 viz. Red, Yellow, Green, and White, taken from 

 ' An Account of the different Gooseberry Shows, 

 ' held in Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumberland, York- 

 < shire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire, 

 * Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire,' 

 &c. published in Manchester. I beg to remark, 

 that the summer of 1823, being cold and wet, was 

 most unfavourable to fruits of every description. 



I have done this the more readily, because it will 

 assist many ladies and gentlemen, also, who may 

 not have an opportunity of seeing this ' Account ;' 

 in making their selection they can form an idea of 

 the size of the berries from their weight, and are in- 

 formed, at the same time, of the colour of each. 



