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training ag^ainst a north wall, for the purpose of pro- 

 longing them in use for the table. This was the 

 favourite gooseberry of his majesty George HI. 



14. Chadwick^s Sportsman. — Late. — This is a 

 second-rate prize gooseberry, and as such won many 

 prizes in the third and fourth years after it came out. 

 It is a large elongated fruit, the skin thin and smooth, 

 pulp good ; growth erect, but bends under its load 

 of fruit, and therefore requires support. 



15. Early Rough Red, — One of our oldest varie- 

 ties, and known in the time of Switzer, previous to 

 Miller. It is a small, round, rough fruit : having a 

 very thin skin, and very rich pulp. It has always 

 been esteemed as a dessert fruit, and preferred to 

 many of the larger and more showy varieties, even 

 by the most refined tastes* It is an excellent bearer, 

 and forms a fine spreading tree. 



16. Farjiier^s Roaring Lion, — Latest. — This is one 

 of the very largest gooseberries. It has won more 

 prizes than perhaps any other — altogether above 

 eight hundred ! The berries, are oblong, smooth ; 

 pulp of thick consistence. It is a good bearer, 

 having drooping branches which require support. 

 The gooseberry fanciers use two sorts of props for 

 keeping the bearing branches of their trees in due 

 position : hooked sticks stuck in the ground for 

 keeping branches down ; and crutched or forked 

 sticks placed under to keep them up. 



17. Fox's Royal Scarlet, — Early. — A beautiful 

 coloured, middle sized, oval fruit ; the skin is smooth 



