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quantity of the crop tlie following season. There are at least two broods in a season 

 in Canada. The first appears just as the leaves are attaining full growth, and the 

 second just as the fruit is ripening. The perfect insect is a four-winged fly which 

 may be seen flying about the bushes early in spring. The male is blackish, with 

 yellow legs, and of about the same size as a house fly, but with a more slender body. 

 The female is larger than the male and has the body as well as the legs yellow. 



Remedy. — ^For the first brood a weak mixture of Paris green, 1 ounce to 10 

 gallons of water, may be sprayed over the bushes, or a dry mixture, 1 ounce of Paris 

 green to 6 pounds of flour, may be dusted over the foliage after a shower or when the 

 leaves are damp with dew. Por the second brood, Paris green must not be used, but 

 white hellebore; this is dusted on as a dry powder, or a decoction of this powder, 1 

 ounce to 2 gallons of water, may be sprayed over the bushes. It is, of course, far 

 better to treat the first broood thoroughly, so as to reduce the number of females 

 which would lay eggs for the second brood. 



THE GOOSEBEKRT, 



The gooseberry has received comparatively little attention in America, although 

 in north Europe, and especially in the British isles, it has long been a prime favourite, 

 and a wonderful improvement has taken place in its size during the last two or three 

 hundred years. When it was first cultivated in Europe — probably in the 16th century — 

 the wild fruit, if it was like what it is now, would be only about one-half an inch in 

 diameter and less than one-quarter of an ounce in weight. The largest gooseberries 

 which have been produced in recent years average several times this size, the largest 

 one of which we have a record weighing two ounces, although there are doubtless 

 larger specimens on record. The English and European gooseberries are derived from 

 a species of native or north Europe, called JUbes Orossularia. 



As the gooseberry is a native of Canada and is found 'growing wild almost or 

 quite to the Arctic circle, its culture will no doubt be extended very far north. 



There is a steady though limited demand for gooseberries in Canada, but the 

 gooseberry has never been generally popular in this country. In England gooseberries 

 are used in great quantities for eating out of hand and for jam; in Canada few are 

 used raw, most of the fruit being put into pies, or used as jam, or canned. 



Soil, Planting and Culture. 



The gooseberry is a moisture-loving plant, hence a soil should be chosen where 

 there can be a constant supply of water during the growing season. In dry soils 

 gooseberries suffer very much in a dry time, the foliage often falling prematurely and 

 the fruit being scalded by the sun. The soil should be a cool one. Moist soils are 

 usually this, but the surface of a sandy loam soil gets very hot in summer, hence it ia 

 not the best for this fruit. Well drained, heavy clay loams are the most suitable for 



