THE GOOSEBERRY. 



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first quality. Hansfs long without 

 proves in flavor. Branches drooping 



cracking, and 



im- 



Parkinson's Laurel, Large, obovate, green, downy, fla« 

 vor of first quality ; branches rather erect. 



Wellington's Glory. Large, rather oval, very downy , 

 skin quite thin ; flavor excellent; branches erect. 



Houghton's Sekdlinct. Frni; sjnall, oval, comnionly about 



three-fourths of 

 an inch long ; 

 ,skin smooth, thin, 

 glossy, a pale, 

 dull reddish 



brown, marked 

 with faint green- 

 ish li'ieo ; flesh 

 tender, juicy, 

 sweet, pleasant. 

 Ripens soon iifter 

 midsummer. Not 

 high-flavored, as 

 compared with 

 the bestEuropean 

 sorts, but a pro- 

 fu.-e beaier, al- 

 ways free of mil- 

 dew, and of very 

 Fig. iSi— Houghton's Seedling. easy cultivatioii. 



A seccling from a wild American species; origin, Saicm 

 Mass 



