1920.] 



Gooseberry Growing. 



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Descriutive List. 



VAKiim and Season. 



Crown Bob 



Miclseason. 



Careless 



Mulseason. 



Cousen's Seedling 



(Sandwich Yellow) 



Howard's Lancer ... 



Mi.lseason. 



Keepsake 



(Berry's Early) 



Lancashire Lad 



Midseason.i 



Whinham's Industry- 

 Mid season. 



White Lion 



A r ery late. 



Description 



For picking green. Large, red. thin skin, hairy. 

 Growth strong and spreading. 



Chiefly grown for jam or picking given. Large, 

 creamy white, smooth skin. Growth rathei 

 slender and spreading. Suitable for Wisbech 

 or East Anglian districts. 



Late dessert. Medium size, yellow, hairy. Makes 

 a small pendulous bush. Much grown in Kent, 

 now also Wisbech. 



Dessert or picking green. Very large, greenish 

 white, smooth, carries well. Growth strong and 

 rather spreading. 



Ripens late, but one of the earliest for picking 

 green. Medium size, green, hairy. Growth 

 pendulous. 



Dessert or picking green. Large, dark red, hairy. 

 An old favourite, but still does well in most 

 localities. 



For picking green or for jam or cheap dessert 

 trade when colouring. Large, red, hairy. Growth 

 strong and upright. A favourite market sort, as 

 it succeeds on most soils : is a very heavy cropper 

 and the fruit carries well. 



Very late. Useful as dessert or may be picked 

 green. Large, white, slightly hairy. Growth 

 strong and spreading. Extensively grown in 

 Middlesex on the extension system. 



f T/ie above article will shortly b>- issued by the Ministry as 

 Leaflet No. 340.) 



