102 THE GOOSEBERRY. 



of all fruits, since it can be grown in less space, in 

 more unfavorable circumstances, and brought sooner 

 into bearing than any other." 



Books and catalogues are filled with the longest lists 

 of names of different kinds of the gooseberry, but 

 aftCx- experimenting with many of them for years, and 

 observing them under various circumstances, we are 

 prepared to narrow our list down to a very few kinds, 

 — as we have studied to do with the other fruits — 

 which we think combine the size, flavor, and produc- 

 tiveness of all^ at least for ordinary cultivation. 



CROMPTON S SHEBA QUEEN. 



This* is the largest and best flavored of all the 

 English varieties we have seen. Our attention was at- 

 tracted to it some years since by the favorable reports 

 and first premium of the Albany Horticultural Society, 

 through the accurate chairman of its Fruit Committee, 

 Dr. Herman L. Wendell, who says of it, " This is de- 

 cidedly the richest and most delicious, as w^ell as one 

 of the most beautiful berries we have. It is larger in 

 size than any of the others ; obovate form ; white, clear 

 color ; very pleasant, rich, and luscious in its flavor, 

 and erect in its growth. It requires a deep, rich, and 



