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THE CAPE GOOSEBEEEY.—ON CUEEANTS. 
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atroccerulea , whicli is very distinct and pretty; but the best is a white variety, 
which has not yet found its way into commerce. In this latter, the flowers are 
rather larger than in the parent plant, to which it will form a charming com¬ 
panion. When more generally known, the different varieties of Ccimassia will all 
be eagerly sought after by every lover of hardy bulbous plants.—A. I. P., 
Tottenham. 
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THE CAPE GOOSEBEEEY. 
. Y HERE there is a demand for a great variety of fruits to make up a large 
dessert, the Cape Gooseberry will be found very useful, and will most 
likely cause quite a sensation when placed on the table along with the 
other fruit, as it has a pleasant acid flavour which most people like. 
Here, it is most esteemed as a preserve, of which large quantities are made. In 
the autumn, before destroying the old plants, take a quantity of cuttings ; when 
rooted, place them in a temperature of 55°, in which they will stand all the winter, 
and make good plants to fruit the following season, when, having filled the pots 
with roots, they should be shifted into larger sized pots. Many persons grow 
them and fruit them in pots, but as they are subject to red-spider, we find that 
by planting them out, and treating them like cucumbers, in a well prepared 
border with good drainage, and where copious supplies of water can be given, along 
with frequent syringings, we never have any trouble at all with the spider. After 
they are planted out, and started into growth, the shoots which are intended to bear 
the fruit should not be pinched until they have run the full extent of the space 
allotted to them, all others being cut clean away. By much pinching we find that 
they do not bear so well. If they are planted in May, in a good soil, they will 
by September become a nice lot of plants ; and if all has gone on well, and too 
many fruit have not been taken for dessert, there will be a fine crop to be 
gathered for preserving.— Sheewood. 
ON CUEEANTS. 
BLOW me to follow up the remarks of Mr. Powell (p. 34), by mentioning 
a few other Red Currants, and by offering a few notes on a novel system 
of growing them, which is here very generally admired. 
Knight’s Sweet Red. —The sweetest Red Currant grown. It is of a 
distinct habit from other varieties, making its shoots nearly perpendicular, never 
horizontal. The berries and bunches are of fair average size, and of good colour. 
La Versailles. —A splendid sort for exhibition or market purposes, producing 
very long bunches, with twenty or more berries on a bunch, when well grown ; 
it is more acid than several of the varieties, but it always commands a good price 
in the market. This and the Cherry Currant (Walker, of Styal, Cheshire) are the 
best for exhibition. I have taken first prizes with them at various exhibitions. 
Bang Down. —A very free fruiter, and a good bearer, having very compact 
bunches. 
