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York Horticultural Society in 1892, as very promising, a stronger 

 grower than Industry and equally productive. In the report of 

 the American Pomological Society for 1889, p. 120, E. Williams 

 says that it is a great improvement on any other variety that will 

 grow in our climate. 



Victoria. Mentioned in the Gardener's Monthly for 1870, p. 156, 

 as a small, smooth variety. Thorns not numerous, but sharp, inclined 

 to bend over. 



Wellington Glory (F). The most productive European gooseberry 

 grown at the Geneva (N. Y.) Experiment Station. A strong grower, 

 comparatively free from mildew. Fruit attractive in appearance, 

 medium to large, oblong, smooth, with slight bloom, pale yellow, 

 nearly white, sweet, of very good quality. 



White Eagle (F). Bush a moderate grower, promising to be pro- 

 ductive. Fruit medium to large, oblong, pear-shaped, smooth, 

 greenish white, sweet, good. This variety was exhibited before the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society in 1853. 



Whitesmith (Woodward's) (F). A strong grower, somewhat sub- 

 ject to mildew, productive. Fruit medium to large, nearly round. 



Gooseberry varieties in foreign lands are very numerous. 

 Lindley's "Guide to the Orchard/' published in 1830, 

 enumerates nearly one thousand as already in cultivation 

 at that time. Many of these as well as more recent in- 

 troductions have found their way across the water at dif- 

 ferent times, usually only to soon disappear. In recent 

 years considerable work with foreign sorts has been done 

 at the Geneva, New York, Experiment Station. With 

 better knowledge of how to control mildew some of them 

 are proving valuable. The foreign varieties included in 

 the foregoing list were largely chosen from those men- 

 tioned by S. A. Beach in Bulletin No. 114 of that Station. 



No attempt has been made to include the many foreign 

 varieties mentioned by Downing and others of the older 



