In season: green, June and July; ripe, August and September.

The Gooseberry is a common and very useful fruit. It will keep well, bottled green, or it makes a delicious preserve; it can be used for tarts also while unripe, and for fool. Gooseberry bushes should be in every poor man's garden.

The skin of the gooseberry being very indigestible is never swallowed. Gooseberries are useful for cooling the system; the acid in them is very wholesome.

The small hairy sort of gooseberry is best for preserving. The large yellow and old-fashioned red gooseberry are best for dessert.

The gooseberry is very good food; perfectly dry it is nearly as nourishing as wheaten flour.

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