TRUE-TO-NAME STRAWBERRY PLANTS 39 
Mountain Seedling Gooseberries. New, vigorous and very productive 
GOOSEBERRIES 
The Gooseberry is a northern plant, and seldom fruits well south 
of Maryland except in the high mountain sections. It grows best in 
a cool climate and moist soil. The plants may be set in rows from 
5 to 6 feet apart 4 feet apart in the rows, and cultivated both ways 
for the first year or two. Little pruning is required and that is mainly 
to remove the stunted shoots and keep up a supply of vigorous new 
shoots from the base. Spraying with bordeaux mixture will keep down 
mildew, but mildew may be prevented in a great measure by keeping 
the head of the plant open and not allowing it to get crowded with 
shoots that are not needed. 
Carrie. 
The bush is a vigorous grower, is perfectly hardy and 
Houghton Gooseberries (side branch ). 
A never-failing variety 
gives an abundance of fine, dark green foliage which is 
entirely free from both mildew and anthracnose. The fruit is 50 
per cent larger than Houghton, turns a deep maroon in color when 
ripe, and has a most excellent flavor. The plant is nearly thornless 
and the fruit can easily be picked without gloves. It commences to 
bear the year after planting and produces a good crop of fruit annu¬ 
ally. A very valuable variety wherever Gooseberries are grown, 
n • A very large, strong, vigorous grower, unusually 
uowning, free f rom mildew. It produces great quantities of 
large, light-colored, tender-skinned berries of excellent quality. It 
is one of the oldest and most widely grown varieties, and is valuable 
both for home consumption and commercial use. 
U u* Very productive; berries of medium size and, for general purposes, one of the best. It is one 
HOUgntOn. q£ healthiest and hardiest, and almost always produces a full crop, never failing entirely. 
_ _ . c 11. A new variety of unusual vigor and great productiveness. It is slightly larger 
Mountain seedling. than Houghton, and seems to have all the good qualities of that variety. It 
makes heavier canes 
and holds the foliage 
longer than anything 
else on the place. 
Another very impor¬ 
tant point—the fruit 
will remain green in 
color and fit for mar¬ 
ket a week longer 
than Houghton, 
which makes it very 
valuable. Good and 
reliable. Almost free 
from mildew. 
Carrie, a valuable new Gooseberry 
HE WANTS MORE 
Plants came all right. 
I want more plants next 
fall.—C. E. Hedges, Cobb 
County, Georgia, April 
