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will be seen by our remarks on the two 
varieties of Gooseberry already published, that 
® ^f^^'ocates for the cultivation of “Great 
Gooseberries,” irrespective of that quality which 
everj' cosnumer will esteem as preferable to size, — that is, 
flavour. It was mentioned in the article on the Pitmaston 
Green Gage Gooseberry that half-a-dozen only of good flavour 
were met with amongst fifty Lancashire prize varieties ; that 
now published is one of them — the Duck-wing; and as we hap- 
pen to have a similar variety in cultivation, which we have 
always esteemed as of first-rate quality, we have thought it 
desen ing of notice. It is not, however, so highly important 
that we introduce any particular Gooseberry to notice, as that 
we excite the attention of horticulturists to the fact that 
most of the varieties which are held in esteem by “fanciers,” 
maintain their popularity from the size alone of their fruit ; 
