THE CHASE NURSERIES, GENEVA, N. Y. 
GOOSEBERRIES 
THIS fruit is so useful for cooking, when green or ripe, and it may be canned 
with such facility that it is beginning to be cultivated very extensively for 
both home use and market. 
It requires the same cultivation and treatment for worms as the currant. 
The worms attack the Gooseberry before the currant bushes, and if a few of 
the former are set near a currant plantation, and the worms exterminated on 
these, there will be little if any trouble from them on the currant bushes. 
The American varieties, though not quite so large as the English .sorts, are 
of 6ne quality and are not subject to mildew. 
Chautauqua. — Strong and vigorous. Berries 
light yellow, free from spines and hair, trans- 
parent. Very sweet. Fruit 1 to ly, inches in 
diameter. 
Columbus. — Large, handsome, greenish yel- 
low; e.vcellent variety. Very productive. A 
fine garden variety. 
Downing. — Sledium size. Wliitish green; 
juicy. Soft and good. Very prolific. A great 
market berry. 
Golden Prolific. — A remarkably strong, vig- 
orous nnd upright grower, with dark green 
glaucous foliiige, which resists mildew perfect- 
ly, and pcrsi.-iti'Utly hangs on until the end of 
the season. The fruit is of the largest size 
oblong, cood sutuplps measuring 1% inches in 
length. Color golden yellow; flavor decidedly 
good; very productive. 
Houghton. — Roundish, mediutn in size; sweet, 
very productive. 
Industry.— Very large, an English variety. 
Large, oval, dark red, rich and nice flavor. 
Josselyn. — This new American Gooseberry 
is as large as the largest English variety. Ber- 
ry smooth; very prolific and hardy; quality 
and foliage the best. 
Keepsake. — Very large, straw colored, ex- 
cellent flavor. A good market variety. A 
sure cropper. 
Pearl. — This berry has been tested in nearly 
all of the E.xperimental Stations in the U. S. 
and it has proven a wonderful producer. Free 
from mildew. 
Smith's Improved.— From Vermont. Large 
oval, light green with bloom ; flesh moderately 
firm, sweet and good. A'igorous grower. 
Victoria. — A red variety with enormous pro- 
ductions. .\ ■ fine flavor, ripens ahead of In- 
dustry. 
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