54 PROFITABLE FRUIT-GROWING. 



Soil that will grow first rate crops of wheat or 

 potatoes will also grow good Gooseberries. In dry 

 soil manure should be spread thickly on the ground 

 over the roots, and left there to decay. 



Manuring. When the young wood much ex- 

 ceeds a foot in length the ground will be rich 

 enough ; if it does not attain that length the land 

 must be enriched. In the absence of stable manure 

 equal parts of superphosphate of lime and kainit, 

 applied at the rate of from 2oz. to 3oz. to each 

 square yard, will be a suitable application. 



Varieties. For affording abundant crops to be 

 gathered in a green state for cooking, bottling, or 

 preserving, any or all the following are suitable ; 

 Whinham's Industry, Crown Bob, Whitesmith, and 

 Lancashire Lad. The first named is comparatively 

 new. and is valuable because it attains a good size 

 early. Its popularity is indicated by the fact that one 

 firm sold 100,000 trees last season. All varieties 

 do not thrive equally in differing soils, but those 

 named are not likely to fail, and the sorts that suc- 

 ceed the best in any particular garden can be pro- 

 pagated the most extensively. For gathering ripe, 

 for preserving, and keeping late, no variety excels 

 the Eed Warrington. For early ripening, Early 

 Sulphur is one of the best, and the richest of all for 

 dessert is Red Champagne. 



