THE GOOSEBERRY 



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Lady Leicester. — Growth upright ; fruit has a golden tinge when ripe ; flavour 

 very good. F.C.C. 1901. 



Lancer, Howard's. — Growth free ; one of the largest and best gooseberries ; 

 superb in flavour and appearance. F.C.C. 1901. 



Overseer — Growth vigorous ; a good mid-season variety ; fruit creamy white, 

 well flavoured. 



Postman. — Growth moderate, free bearer ; fruit snow-white with green veins ; 

 flavour very good. 



Shiner.— Gr<;w/y4 free ; fruit of the very largest, blotched with white at base ; veins 

 very marked. 



Smith's Nonpareil.— Cr^Jwi'^ upright ; fruit downy, pale greenish white : a late 

 berry ; flavour good. 



Transparent.— G^oz£//,% upright ; fruit palest green with white ribs ; flavour very 

 good ; late and very large. 



Whitesmith or Velvet White.— Graa/ZA upright, prickly ; fruit downy, good to 

 pick early, and of splendid yfawoz^r when ripe. 



Other good sorts are: — Faithful, Fascination, Hero of the Nile, Queen of Trumps, 

 Tally Ho ! 



Green Fruits 



Admiration. — Growth free ; fruit green with white veins ; flavour good. 

 British Queen. — Growth free and erect ; fruit richly flavoured. 

 Greenock. — Growth upright, good bearer; fruit bright green ; flavour good. 

 Ocean. — Growth free and strong, drooping. Very fine mid-season gooseberry. 

 Philip the First. — Growth upright ; a handsome fruit, ripening late. 

 Plunder. — Growth upright, but spreading ; fruit pale green and white ; flavour 

 good. 



Pruning and Training Cordon Gooseberries 



Single Cordon. — o. Cutting; straight shoot of last year's growth about i foot in length — properly 

 prepared and inserted : {f) part from which buds are removed ; [g) upper buds left ; (A) depth of inserting 

 firmly in soil — about 4 inches deep — the dotted lines indicating direction of growth, from buds in following 

 spring, p. One-year-old plant ; [i] leader ; (y) point of shortening leader in winter ; {k] side shoots ; 

 (/) point of shortening side shoots to within i inch of their bases to form spurs. Q. Tree, first year of 

 training; [m) leader; {n) point of shortening leader in winter, not leaving more than i foot or there- 

 abouts of last summer's growth ; (0) side shoots shortened to within i inch of base ; (/) cut-back growths 

 shortened to within i inch of base ; [q) spurs formed by shortening side branches ; [r) spurs formed 

 naturally in previous summer ; (j) stake to which leading growth is trained to keep it erect. 



Double or "U" Cordon. — r. Cutting; (/) part from which buds are cut off; {u) two buds 

 retained ; (v) ground level ; dotted lines indicate growths from buds in following spring, s. One-year- 

 old tree ; (i«) leaders ; (x) points of shortening leaders at winter pruning. T. Two-year-old tree ; (y) 

 leaders on which laterals, if any, have been pinched to one leaf, as shown in upper part ; [z) point of 

 shortening leaders in winter ; (a) point of shortening a lateral (stopped in 'summer) to within a bud of 

 its base ; {b) point of shortening side shoots, which in summer have been pinched to five leaves ; 

 (c) spurs. 



Three-Branched or "Toasting Fork" Cordon. — u. Three-year-old tree in growth; (d) 

 point where one-year-old tree (p) was shortened at winter pruning ; (e) points where side shoots were 

 shortened in first year ; {/) point of second winter shortening of leading growths ; (g) side shoots 

 pinched at fifth leaf, and to be cut to within i inch of base at winter pruning ; (A) leaders pinched at 15 

 inches of growth, laterals on them to one leaf, and leaders shortened to i foot at winter pruning. 



Trellis. — [i) Straining pillar with winders ; (/) stay ; (k) wires i foot apart ; {/) temporary wires for 

 training the growths perfectly upright. 



Four-Branched or Double "U" Cordon. — v. (m) Point of first shortening two-branched 

 one-year-old tree, thus originating two strong growths trained erectly, in the autumn the lower on each 

 branch is brought down and shortened ; [n) upright shoots cut to one or two buds ; (o) side shoots to a 

 bud above bend, thus starting the growths on a level ; {p) points of third pruning ; \q) points of fourth 

 pruning ; (f) points of fifth pruning, the free then being fully formed and properly pruned. 



