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tested in various localities and in all kinds of soil, particularly in light sandy 

 soils. I have two seedlings of good merit, which have fruited for several years 

 and shown no signs of mildew, but I could not claim for them exemption from 

 mildew, as my soil is heavy clay, and I claim that on such land with ordinary 

 nurture, all English varieties are free from mildew 



SEEDLING GOOSEBERRY AND SEEDLING RASPBERRY. 



Sir, — I mail you to-day a sample of seedling gooseberry raised frotn Houghton, and 

 also a cluster of berries from one of my new seedling raspberry plants. The latter is by no 

 means the largest bunch, as the birds have claimed the largest for their share. 



James Waters, Femhill. 



The gooseberries enclosed by our correspondent are oval in shape, very dark, 

 green color, smooth skin, and, apparently, very late in ripening. They are smal- 

 lerthan either Smith's Improved or Downing, and, consequently, would not be par- 

 ticularly desirable for market. But the raspberries are a fine large sample, and 

 would lead us to suppose this to be a very promising seedling. 



CARNIE'S GOOSEBERRY. 



Sir, — I send you a few gooseberries of the variety I showed you last year. It has 

 never mildewed yet, and this is the sixteenth year that I have grown it. I have gathered fruit 

 from it untainted with that trouble, and sometimes it was surrounded with others which were 

 covered with mildew. Please give me your opinion respecting the merits of the fruit. 



John Carnie, Paris, Ont. 



We noticed this variety on page 271 of Vol. 13, and from the sample before 

 us, think that altogether too little was said in its favor. It is a large yellow goose- 

 berry, larger than Whitesmith, nearly round in form, and the flesh is tender, 

 sweet and excellent in flavor. Mr. Carnie told us a year ago that this was one of 

 twenty varieties which he had brought out from Scotland some sixteen years 

 ago, but of which he had forgotten the name. We are all aware of the numer- 

 ous varieties of gooseberries under cultivation in the " Old Country," but nearly 

 all of them prove a failure when we attempt to grow them in Canada. This one, 

 however, seems to be an exception, and it is unfortunate that the name of such a 

 variety so valuable to us should have been lost. In the meantime we will 

 speak of it as the Carnie, until it is properly identified. 



HYBRID GOOSEBERRY. 



Sir, — I send you samples of two seedling gooseberries. The dark green colored one is 

 a cross between Whitesmith and Downing, and the pale golden colored one between 

 Industry and Whitesmith. The latter was grown by Mr. Farley, and the former by 

 myself. The bushes are strong, upright growers, and neither have been affected with the 

 mildew this year. Jame.'s Bryan, Litcknoic. 



The dark green berries are rather too small to make them desirable for the 

 market garden, but the yellow ones are a better size, being nearly as large as 

 Whitesmith, and of fully as good quality. 



