THE GOOSEBERRY. 



579 



Ocean queen, *Peover, Pecher, Royal George, 

 Smooth, Green, Walnut, Bangor, Beauty, Derby 

 ram, Diogenes, Fair-play, Favourite, Glory of 

 Batcliff, Green globe, Independent. 



Shin green and hispid. — Gillie's late, Glenton 

 green, Green Gascoigne, * Langley green, * Lord 

 Crew, * Troubler, * Wistaston hero, Globe. 



Skin green and downy. — * Jolly Anglers, * Per- 

 fection, Chance. 



Holland of Manchester's List of Lancashire 

 Show Gooseberries for 1853 : — 



Red. — Alderman, Atlas, Ashton-on-Mersey, 

 Briton, Bangor, Conductor, Commander, Crown- 

 bob, Companion, Conquering hero, Defiance, 

 Dan's mistake, Don John, Echo, Flixtonia, 

 Guido, General Moore, Give it a name, High- 

 lander, Ironsides, King Cole, King William, 

 Lion's provider, Lion, Lumper, Lancashire lad, 

 Lord Middleton, London rival, Lincoln, Lon- 

 don, Monarch, Magnet, Manchester, Magistrate, 

 Napoleon le Grand, Old England, Plumper, Red 

 Robin, Ricardo, Red Jack, Red champagne, Sam 

 Hunter, Slaughterman, Speculator, Stewart,T wig- 

 em, Top-gallant, Top-sawyer, Useful, Wonder- 

 ful, Wallace, Wistaston, Warrington, Wilmslow. 



Yellow. — Atilla, Birdlime, Broom-girl, Comet, 

 Catherine, Creeping Jane, Columbia, Captain 

 Cooke, Duckwing, Drill, Dublin, Forget-me-not, 

 Great western, Game-cock, Go-bye, Gunner, 

 Goldfinder, Two to one, Glory, Jubilee, Leader, 

 Lord Valentia, Lightning, Lord Rancliffe, Mor- 

 ton hero, Marygold, Oakmere, Oldham, Pilot, 

 Peru, Perfection, Railway, Rockwood, Shuttle, 

 Teaser, The chief, Yellow companion, Yellow boy. 



Green. — Away she goes, Botheram, Banksman, 

 Bumper, Dean Swift, Favourite, Green wonder- 

 ful, Green ocean, Green snake, Great Britain, 

 Green prince, Green river, Greenock, General, 

 Gretna green, Hollin's green, Invincible, Keep- 

 sake, Launcelot, Liberty, Little wonder, Myrtle, 

 Moorcock, Overall, Providence, Peover ranger, 

 Peacock, Queen Victoria, Rough green, Random 

 green, Turkey cock, Tom joiner, Thunder, 

 Telegraph, Thumper, Turnout, Weathercock. 



White. — Alice Hawthorn, Antagonist, Ardsley 

 beauty, Chorister, Bee's-wing, British Queen, 

 Cossack, Competitor, Coppice lass, Dauntless, 

 Eagle, Eagle's daughter, Eliza, Fleur-de-lis, Fair 

 start, Freedom, Flora, Fair Helen, Foley, Glory 

 of Ounsdale, Harkaway, Jenny Lind, Lucy Long, 

 Lady Leicester, Lady Stanley, Mrs Scarisbrick, 

 Mary Yates, Mayor of Oldham, Miss Hammond, 

 Miss Walton, Nonpareil, Ostridge, Philip the 

 First, Snowball, Snowdrop, Queen dowager, 

 Queen of trumps, Tally-ho, White cockade, 

 White hart, White lily, White hare. 



List of Lancashire Show Gooseberries, taken 

 from the " Lancashire Gooseberry Register " 

 of 1852, with their weights. 



Red. Weights. 



dwts. grs. 



London, . . . . 37 7 



Companion, . . . 31 11 



Wonderful, . . . 31 0 



Slaughterman, . . . 30 0 



Conquering hero, . . 28 9 



Napoleon le Grand, . . 26 19 



Lion's provider, . . . 26 22 



Roaring lion, . . . 26 2 



Green. Weights. 



dwts. grs. 



Thumper, . . . 28 13 



Weathercock, . . . 28 12 



Overall, . . . . 27 6 



Turnout, . . . 26 21 



Queen Victoria, . . . 26 6 



Random green, ... 25 15 



Green river, . . . 25 22 



Providence, . . . 25 0 



Yellow. 



Catherine, . . . 32 8 



Peru, . . . . 30 0 



Pilot, . ' . . . 29 6 



Drill, . . . . 28 15 



Broom-girl, . . . 28 12 



Leader, .... 27 3 



Goldfinder, . . . 26 16 



Railway, . . . . 26 4 



White. 



Snowdrop, . . . 34 5 



Lady Leicester, . . . 30 4 



Queen of trumps, . . 30 0 



Cossack, . . . . 28 18 



Freedom, . . . 28 15 



Tally-ho, . . . 26 18 



Snowball, . . . 25 12 



Flora, . . . . 25 7 



Diseases and insects. — Of the former there are 

 few, old age and starvation in too poor soils 

 only excepted ; of the latter there are many, of 

 which the following are the most destructive : — 



The gooseberry and currant saw-fly (Nematvs 

 trimaculatus, N. Ribesii, Tenthredo ventricosa, 

 T. Grossulariaz, for by all these names this leaf- 

 destroying insect is known) fig. 240, is equally 



Fig. 240. 



GOOSEBERRY SAW-FLY. 



Grub, cocoon, and perfect insect. 



destructive to the gooseberry and currant. About 

 the beginning of April the flies emerge from their 

 winter abode, and soon after the female begins 

 to deposit her eggs on the under side of the 



