Gooseberries 
The Gooseberry when well cared for pro- 
duces tremendous crops, often 400 to 500 
bushels per acre, and at $3.00 per bushel 
would sell for $1,200.00 to $1,500.00 per acre. 
The gooseberry requires the same cultiva- 
tion and treatment for worms as the currant. 
The worms attack the gooseberry before the 
currant bushes, and should be closely watched 
as soon as the growth gets a few inches long 
Dust or sprinkle the leaves with hellebore as 
soon as the first worm is discovered, or about 
the 10th or 12th of May. These worms come 
three times during the season, and should be 
closely watched through the summer. 
Downing — Its value lies in its large size, 
fine quality, beautiful appearance, vigorous 
growth, and freedom from mildew. It is 
recommended as proof against mildew. Free 
from spines, of a transparent color, tending 
to yellow; bush upright, keeping the fruit 
from the sand. Enormously productive and 
unsurpassed for canning. It is easily har- 
vested by stripping the branches with a 
gloved hand, enabling the picker to gather 
many bushels in a day. The winnowing of 
leaves is done by an ordinary fanning mill, 
the same as beans. They can be shipped from 
Maine to California like marbles. 
Houghton — Small to medium; roundish, 
oval, pale red, sweet, tender, very good; 
plants spreading; shoots slender, enormously 
productive. Undoubtedly one of the best 
market gooseberries. 
Pearl — A very productive and perfectly 
healthy variety, quite free from mildew. A 
robust, vigorous grower, and of excellent 
quality. 
Josselyn (Red Jacket) — A new American 
variety, for which the introducer claims great 
productiveness, hardiness, excellence of qual- 
itv and freedom from mildew, it having been 
tested seven years beside other sorts, all of 
which, except Bed Jacket, were badly af- 
fected. Berry large and smooth. 
Industry — A. variety of foreign origin 
which, in most northern portions of the 
United States, does well, and, under favor- 
able conditions, is exceptionally free from 
mildew. 
Asparagus 
Asparagus usually sells at a good price, and 
being ready for market in April and May, 
the income derived from it is especially ap- 
preciated at that time of the year. It is 
usually planted on light soil to have it early, 
though it can be easily grown on all good 
garden soils. The sprouts are not usually cut 
until the second or third year after planting, 
except to mow down the canes in the fall. 
The roots will give good crops for from 15 
to 20 years, selling at $100 to $200 per acre. 
Plant the roots in the spring or fall, from 4 
to 6 inches deep, covering with only 3 inches 
of soil at first, and filling in the trenches as 
the plants grow. 
Barr's Mammotn — Very large, tender 
stalks, light color and very early. 
Conover's Colossal — Very large, makes 
rapid growth; planted mostly by market-gar- 
deners; very productive. 
Giant Argenteuil — Stalks of immense size, 
very bright and attractive, sweet and tender. 
Comes into cutting condition much earlier 
than others. Very reliable and a sure money- 
getter. 
Palmetto— Of Southern origin, a variety of 
excellent quality, early, very large, very pro- 
lific; all who have used it pronounce it ahead 
of anv other. 
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