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Gooseberries. Synopsis of Gooseberries. Part 20 |
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This section is from the book "The Fruit Manual: Containing The Descriptions And Synonyms Of The Fruits And Fruit Trees Of Great Britain", by Robert Hogg. Also available from Amazon: The Fruit Manual.
Medium sized, obovate. Skin, white, and downy. Flavour, of second-rate quality. Bush, erect.
Large and obovate. Skin, white, and downy. Of first-rate quality, and a good late sort. Bush, pendulous.
Small and round. Skin, white, and smooth. Flavour, of second-rate quality. Bush, spreading.
Large, roundish oblong. Skin, white and downy. Flavour, of first-rate excellence. Bush, erect, and a good bearer.
Large and roundish oblong. Skin, dark red, and smooth. Of second-rate quality. Bush, pendulous.
Large and oblong. Skin, green and hairy. Flavour, second-rate. Bush, erect.
Fruit, plump, well formed, of medium length. Skin, smooth, dark purplish red. Flavour, good, but not first-rate. In 1845 it weighed 33 dwt.
The bush is medium sized, makes short jointed, stiff wood, with bright shining leaves; breaks early in spring, and is very tender.
Yates's Royal Anne. See Rifleman.
Large and obovate. Skin, red, and hairy. Flavour, of first-rate quality. Bush, erect.
Yellow Amber. See Amber.
Yellow Aston. See Yellow Warrington.
Medium sized, roundish. Skin, yellow, and smooth. Flavour, of first-rate quality. Bush, erect.
Small and roundish. Skin, yellow, and hairy. Of first-rate excellence. Bush, erect.
Yellow Globe. See Rumbullion.
Small and roundish oblong. Skin, yellow, and hairy. Of first-rate quality, resembling Yellow Champagne. Bush, erect.
Middle sized, roundish oblong. Skin, yellow, and hairy. Of first-rate quality. Bush, pendulous.
York Seedling. See Glenton Green.
 
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