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CUBRANS’ LIST OF FRUITS, 1909-10. 
Figs — con tin tied. 
No. 
14 Negro Largo, very large, skin jet black, flesh pale red, tender, juicy, 
and highly flavoured ; free bearer. 
17 Osborn’s Prolific, an excellent variety, skin dark mahogany ; flesh milky 
white, of exquisite flavour ; bears freely ; good tor pots. 
23 St. John, medium size, tender flesh, of delicious flavour ; a remarkably 
free setter ; excellent for forcing, very early. 
29 White Ischia, small, skin greenish yellow, flesh dark red, juicy, sweet 
and rich ; great bearer ; good in pots. 
30 White Marseilles (White Genoa), large, almost round, skin pale green, 
nearly white when ripe, flesh almost transparent, sweet and rich ; 
productive ; hardy and early. 
NOTE. — Varieties of Fruits not enumerated in this List we 
shall be pleased to supply, if in commerce, at current prices. 
GOOSEBERRIES. 
For market purposes the Gooseberry is very profitable, either in the 
green or ripe state, both of which find a ready sale. 
I11 common with many other fruits, they like plenty of fresh air and a 
sunny position, except in hot dry localities. Though a shallow rooting 
plant, the need for plenty of moisture makes it prefer a deep soil contain- 
ing abundance of humus. Strong clay and light sands can both be greatly 
improved for this crop by the addition of plenty of farmyard manure, lea'f 
mould, and vegetable matter generally. 
The Gooseberry requires a considerable amount of phosphate food, and 
as nearly all the Northern soils are deficient in this ingredient it is advisable 
to add it ill some suitable form. To loams it may be applied in the form of 
bone meal, 3 to 407.. to the sq. yard, worked in to a depth of two or three 
inches, just before planting. To light soils it may for this crop be best 
added in the form of a mixture of equal parts of superphosphate of lime 
and bone meal at the same rate, while on clay soils and particularly strong 
clay soils astonishing results ai regards increase of bearing power have 
been obtained from the use of basic slag at the rateof 4 to 6oz. tothesquare 
yard applied in the early Winter and left lying 011 the surface. The 
demands of the Gooseberry upon the potash constituents of the soil are 
also considerable, and to sand and loams kainit may be used with advan 
tage at the rate of lAoz. to the square yard. 
Planting is best done in October Or November before the soil has lost 
its Autumn warmth. So long however as the ground is in good well- 
worked condition, planting may be performed almost any time from the 
fall of the leaf to the swelling of the buds in Spring. The land ought, 
when practicable, to be trenched, or at all events trenched to a depth of 
12 to 18 inches, and bushes should be planted about 4ft. apart in rows. 
The roots should not be disturbed by digging, but use the hoe to keep the 
surface clean and stirred. 
