VARIOUS SPECIES OF FRUITS 



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Fig. 95. Gooseberry after Spring-pruning 

 and thinning 



dance; PEARL, bush fairly 

 vigorous, fruit medium size, 

 fair quality; DOWNING, bushes 

 vigorous, prolific, fruit pale 

 green, soft, juicy; most widely 

 grown American variety; 

 JOSSELYN (RED JACKET), bush 

 vigorous, erect, prolific, fruit 

 pale red "the one large 

 Gooseberry that can be planted 

 with confidence. " Besides 

 these are several varieties with 

 more or less European "blood" 

 in them. The best known 

 are probably: GHAUT AUQUA, 

 a pale green, excellent flavored, 

 fruit borne more profusely 

 than on INDUSTRY; INDUSTRY, 

 a large, fleshy, dark red, de- 

 licious berry "the most suc- 

 cessful English variety of 

 American development." 



GOUMI 



A hardy Japanese shrub, five or six feet tall, called Goumi or 

 Gumi and botanically known as Elseagnus multiflora or Elxagnus 

 longipes, would bear a profusion of berries from June to August, 

 if the birds would allow it to. Generally, however, "our feathered 

 friends" hold a convention in the bushes just when the fruits are 

 ripe and leave a "Scotch plate" nothing to eat when they adjourn, 

 sine die. 



The shrub is excellent for planting on lawns because of its good 

 form, its fragrant though inconspicuous flowers, but more because of 

 its leaves, which are green above and silvery-brown dotted white below. 

 To all this add the glossy, crimson, dotted berries and the plant is cer- 

 tainly a thing of beauty. The fruits are decidedly astringent until fully 

 mature, when they become spicy, slightly acid and pleasant to the 

 taste. Mr. Hamblin says they are like small, red Plums with the 

 acidity of Red Currants, but differing from either. For eating out of 

 hand and for preserving they are excellent. They make good jam 

 and jelly, either alone or mixed with other berries. 



The Goumi will thrive in almost any well-drained soil. It does 

 best in a sunny situation. After once being planted it needs even 



