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of scissars all the small berries, which are 

 equally good for the purpose of tarts. 



The wine made from green gooseberries, 

 if properly managed, is but a shade below 

 champaign ; and the black gooseberry, when 

 ripe, affords a luscious wine. 



The pale gooseberry was first brought 

 from Flanders in the year that Henry the 

 Eighth received the title of Defender of the 

 Faith. This monarch, and his daughter 

 Queen Elizabeth, seem to have encouraged 

 the art of gardening, as during their reigns, 

 most of our best fruits and vegetables were 

 first introduced and cultivated in this king- 

 dom; but even during the reign of these 

 sovereigns, gooseberry leaves were used as a 

 salad by those who could not afford to send 

 to Holland for a lettuce. 



The gooseberry is but little esteemed on 

 the continent, for want of being more known ; 

 and foreigners seem astonished at the size 

 and flavour of this fruit in England. It 

 cannot be propagated with success in the 

 warmer parts of the world ; but in this happy 

 island we procure, by the aid of stoves, the 

 finest fruits of the hottest climes; we may 

 therefore justly say with the poet 



On foreign mountains may the sun refine 

 The grape's soft juice, and mellow it to wine; 



