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REPORT ON THE 



No. 33 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES 



CHAMPION; 



A valuable variety for market in green condition. 

 ORIGIN: at Salem, Oregon. 



PLANT: very vigorous; of easy cultivation; fairly productive. 



BERRY: size about equal to that of Downing; form round oval; skin greenish yellow, 

 thin, tender; flavor fair. 

 QUALITY : fair. 



VALUE: market, second class. 

 SEASON: early. 



CROWN BOB. 



A profitable gooseberry. 



BUSH: inclined to overbear, and thus 

 exhaust its vitality; drooping in habit. 



BERRY: oblong, very large, especially 

 if thinned before it is full grown; skin 

 thin, hairy; color red; of very good 

 flavor, but being an English variety is 

 subject to mildew. 



SEASON : early. 



CROWN BOB. 



