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THE EARLY GREEN HAIRY GOOSEBERRY. 



Early Green Hairy Gooseberry. Hort. Soc. Cat. of Fruits, 



p. 189. 

 Green Gascoigne Gooseberry, of the Scotch Gardens, and 



Forsyth's Treatise, ed. 5. p. 223. 



One of the most common mistakes of persons 

 uninformed in matters of horticulture, is, that the 

 small-sized Gooseberries have ceased to be an object 

 of attention with gardeners, and that they have been 

 nearly driven out of cultivation by the larger varie- 

 ties, usually denominated Lancashire Gooseberries. 

 This may justly be set down as one of those state- 

 ments which gain credence because they are often 

 repeated, and it is as unfounded as most other 

 vulgar errors. 



No good garden is without a selection of small- 

 fruited Gooseberries, which in general are as superior 

 to the large ones in richness of flavour, as they are 

 inferior in magnitude. 



The present variety is cultivated in England 

 under the name adopted at the head of this article, 

 and in Scotland by that which we have given as its 

 synonym . 



The Branches grow very erect. The Leaves 

 are dark green, and slightly pubescent above. 



