THE GOOSEBERRY 151 



The Golden Flowering Currant {Ribes aureum) — 

 This is the common flowering currant of the garden, 

 an improved variety of which, known as Crandall's Im- 

 proved, has been introduced, that produces a much larger 

 berry of rather better quality than the original. The 

 principal objection to this variety is the habit of not 

 ripening all of its fruit at one time. Like the black 

 currant, this is of little value for majket, but offers 

 some hope of value if it can be crossed with some other 

 species and thus give us a hardy and vigorous strain 

 that will be as free from disease and insects. Crandall's 

 Improved is the only variety that is offered by nur- 

 serymen. 



See Chapters XX and XXI for protection from 

 insects and fungous pests. 



THE GOOSEBBEEY 



EUROPEAN (Ribes grossularia) 

 AMERICAN (Ribes oxyacanthoides) 



The gooseberry is not a fruit that finds a ready 

 sale in our markets in large quantities, but its consump- 

 tion is increasing, and it should be more largely used. 

 The season for marketing is longer than that of the 

 currant, from the fact that it is sold in both the green 

 and the ripe state. The conditions of growth are about 

 the same as for the currant, but it will grow fairly well 

 under the shade of trees. The land should be made rich 

 with an abundance of potash and phosphoric acid and 

 nitrogen enough to make a fair growth of wood. In 

 pruning the same plan should be followed as with the 

 currant, cutting out the old wood after it is more than 

 three years old, and thinning out some of the small and 

 weak new shoots, and thus forcing the growth into 

 those shoots that are left. Among the varieties that 



