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THE EARLY G R E EN HAIRY GOOSEBERRY.
Early Green Hairy Gooseberry. Hort. Soc. Cat. o f Fruits,
p. 189.
Green Gascoigne Gooseberry, o f the Scotch Gardens, and
Forsyths Treatise, ed. 5. p . 223.
One of the most common mistakes of persons
uninformed in matters of horticulture, is, that the
small-sized Gooseberries have ceased to be an object
of attention with gardeners, and that they have been
nearly driven out of cultivation by the larger varieties,
usually denominated Lancashire Gooseberries.
This may justly be set down as one of those statements
which gain credence because they are often
repeated, and it is as unfounded as most other
vulgar errors.
No good garden is without a selection of small-
fruited Gooseberries, which in general are as superior
to the large ones in richness of flavour, as they are
inferior in magnitude.
The present variety is cultivated in England
under the name adopted a t the head of this article,
and in Scotland by that which we have given as its
synonym.
The B ranches grow very erect. The Leaves
are dark green, and slightly pubescent above.
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