THE CULTIVATED GOOSEBERRIES 



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reclined, but often crooked, reddish brown, covered with scaly 

 gray bark when young, commonly smooth, but sometimes with 

 scattered prickles, thorns single or triple, rather slender and very 

 finely pointed, %-% inch (6-10 mm.) long, sometimes nearly or 

 quite wanting; leaves thin, roundish, varying from cuneate to 

 cordate, deeply 3-5-lobed, the lobes in- 

 cised and coarsely toothed, finely pu- 

 bescent above and beneath, but com- 

 monly glossy when growing ; peduncles 

 very short, 1-2-flowered; calyx greenish 

 white, smooth or pubescent without, 

 tube campanulate, lobes oblong or ob- 

 ovate, thin and petal -like, generally 

 equaling or slightly exceeding the sta- 

 mens in length; petals broadly ovate 

 or spatulate, reaching half way to the 

 anthers; style single or 2 -cleft, villous 

 below, slightly longer than the sta- 

 mens ; ovary glabrous; berry round, 

 perfectly smooth, but with a delicate 

 bloom, small or medium sized, yel- 

 lowish green or reddish when ripe. 



Original distribution: -Newfoundland 

 to New Jersey and westward to the 

 Rocky Mountains. 



Koehne* retains the name B. hirtel- 

 lum (Michx.) for the more common 

 eastern form, with mostly single thorns, 

 rounded leaves and longer stamens, 

 reserving the name oxyacanthoides for 

 what appears to be a more common 

 northwestern form, with somewhat 

 heart-shaped leaves, more numerous 

 thorns, and longer calyx tube. Those 

 who adhere to a close conception of 

 prefer this classification. 



R. oxyacanthoides may not be the most promising native goose 

 berry, but to-day it stands preeminent in American horticulture. 



24. E. GROSSULARIA, Linn. European Gooseberry. (Fig. 93.) 

 E. uva crispa, Linn. 



Bush stocky, rigid; branches thick, the fruiting ones without 

 * Deutsche Dendrologie, 199. 



Fig. 93. Ribes grossula- 

 ria (XI). 



species will doubtless 



