GOOSEBERRIES. 263 



EOUGH GREEN (Dutton).— Fruit, plump, of medium length. 

 Skin, hairy, pale green. Flavour, good. In 1852 weighed 27 dwt. 

 19 gr. 



Bush, bears freely ; makes stiff, short-jointed, prickly wood, and is of 

 a small erect habit. A useful early variety, but does not make bush 

 sufficient for general purposes. 



ROUG-H RED [lAttle Red Hairy ; Old Scotch Red ; Thick-skinned 

 Red). — Small and round. Skin, red, and hairy. A first-rate variety, 

 of excellent flavour, and highly esteemed for preserving. Bush, 

 spreading. 



Rough Yellow. See Sulphur. 



Round Yellow. See Rumbullion. 



ROYAL WHITE.— Small and round. Skin, white, and hairy. A 

 first-rate dessert variety. Bush, erect. 



RUMBULLION {Yellow Globe; Round Yellow). — Small and 

 roundish. Skin, pale yellow, and downy. Flavour, of second-rate 

 quality. Bush, erect, and a great bearer ; and the fruit much grown 

 for bottling. 



RUMBULLION, GREEN.— Small and round. Skin, green, and 

 hairy. Flavour, second-rate. Bush, erect. 



SAFETY (Rhodes).— Fruit, long and tapering, from 13 to 15 eighths 

 long, and A^ to 4| inches in circumference. Skin, smooth and thin, 

 very pale green. Flesh, tender and well flavoured. 



A large spreading bush, an abundant bearer, and makes long wood. 



SCOTCH NUTMEG.— Medium sized, roundish. Skin, red, hairy, 

 or downy. Flavour, second-rate. Bush, erect. 



SHAKESPERE (Denny). — Large and roundish. Skin, red, and 

 hairy. Of first-rate flavour. Bush, erect. 



SHEBA QUEEN (Crompton). — Large and obovate. Skin, white, 

 and downy. Flavour, of the first quality. Bush, erect. Very similar 

 to Whitesmith. 



SHINER (OUver). — Fruit, round, of medium length, the two-veined 

 ones rather flat-sided, but weU shouldered. Skin, smooth, light green, 

 shaded with white. Flavour, good. In 1864 weighed 29 dwt. 10 gr., 

 and in 1865, 31 dwt. 19 gr. This is the heaviest green gooseberry 

 ever exhibited. 



Bush, large and spreading, makes long slender wood, bears freely. 



SIR CHARLES NAPIER (Bayley).— Fruit, round, from 12 to 14 

 eighths in length, and from 4| to 5 inches in circumference. Skin, 

 thin, smooth, deep green, with light-coloured veins. Flesh, tender, 

 and of good flavour, but it is a variety little grown. 



Bush, handsome, bears freely.. 



