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ditions we can grow the English gooseberry by giving 

 it the proper attention. Thorough and vigorous treatment 

 with potassium sulfide or with Bordeaux mixture, as 

 directed under the discussion of this disease, will hold it 

 in check and admit of satisfactory crops being obtained. 

 No slovenly or careless work will answer; the treatment 

 must be thorough, and done at the right time, or the enemy 

 will still gain the mastery. 



Whether the English gooseberries are worth growing, 

 especially for home use, is a fair question. Their only 

 advantage is in their size and appearance, which of course 

 commend them for market growing. Most varieties are 

 inferior to our own in quality. Many kinds have been 

 grown at the Geneva, N. Y., Experiment Station and 

 under their methods and soil conditions some of them 

 are found successful. Mildew has, for some reason, 

 been less troublesome in recent years than formerly. 



Just why the gooseberry is so much more popular with 

 the English than with us is hard to explain. Although 

 their varieties surpass ours in size, they do not in quality. 

 If we prized them as highly as the English we should 

 doubtless have made more progress in improving our own 

 varieties. The reader will find another account of goose- 

 berries, by Beach, in Bulletin 114, New York Experi- 

 ment Station. 



