306 WESTERN FRUIT BOOK. 



WHITE G-RAPE. 



Eemarks. — Larger than the White Dutch. Yery pro- 

 ductive, large, and fine flavored. Makes a superior wine, 

 and when two or three years old it was as good to most 

 palates, as any Port wine. 



Palnau. 



Eemarks. — French. Early ; productive. Not suffi 

 ciently tested. 



g-oosebe:r,i^ies- 



Bright Yenus. Color, whitish green ; surface, hair}^ ; 

 form, obovate ; size, 2. 



Eemarks. — Flavor, best. Hangs a long time. 



Bunker Hill. Color, yellow ; surface, smooth ; form, 

 roundish ; size, 1. 



Eemarks. — Branches, spreading ; flavor, very good. 



CEOWN BOB. Color, red ; surface, hairy ; form, ob- 

 long ; size, 1; qualit}", 1. 



Eemarks. — Branches, spreading ; early ; flavor, best. 

 This is little liable to mildew. If is thought a good plan 

 to plant them on the north side of a board fence. 



EAELY SULPHUE. Color, yellow; surface, hairy; 

 form, roundish ; size, 2 ; quality, 1. 



Eemark.s. — Branches, erect ; flavor, best; ripens very 

 early. Nearly all the English gooseberries mildew. They 

 ought to have li cool soil. That is the reason why they 

 grow so well in England. They succeed near Chicagj 

 for the same reason ; some people near that city have no 

 difficulty with them. 



