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Success with Small Fruits. 



I. Red Varieties : British Crown, Top Sawyer, Roaring Lion, Lanca- 

 shire Lad, Crown Bob. 



II. White : Cheshire Lass, White Lion, Whitesmith, White Honey. 



III. Green : Laurel, Heart of Oak, Jolly Angler, Jolly Tar. 



IV. Yellow : Golden Fleece, Bunker Hill, Conqueror, etc. 



If but two or three foreign berries are to be chosen, I would recom- 

 mend Crown Bob, Roaring Lion and Whitesmith. 



I am sorry to say that seedlings 

 of these foreign varieties have the 

 same tendency to mildew shown 

 by their parents. The Late Emer- 

 ald, suggested in the engraving, 

 was originated in the old garden 

 at Newburgh, and is a sad example 

 of this fact. For many years, it 

 thrived in its birthplace without 

 a trace of mildew, but on my own 

 place it has behaved so badly that 

 I do not recommend it. Were it 

 not for this fault, I should grow 

 no other variety. 



In view of this inveterate evil, 

 mildew, which is so seldom escaped 

 and so difficult to overcome, we 

 must turn to the second great 

 class, our native species, since they 

 are adapted to our climate. Of 

 these there are several species, of 

 which the following are the most 

 prominent : 



Ribes Speciosum, showy, flower- 

 ing gooseberry of California, culti- 

 vated for ornament, especially in 

 England, and likely to succeed in 

 the southern Middle States. It is 



trained like a climber; has small, shining leaves, very handsome flowers 

 resembling those of a fuchsia, berry prickly, and few-seeded. 



R. Rotundi folium, more common in the West, is often downy-leaved ; 

 peduncles slender ; the slender stamens and two-parted style longer than 

 the narrow calyx ; berry smooth. 



Late Emerald Gooseberry. 



