Select Gooseberries
Description
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.
Select Gooseberries
Those marked * are adapted for small collections.
For Flavour
Red.
Companion *Ironmonger *Keens' Seedling
*Red Champagne
Red Globe *Red Warrington *Rough Red
Small Rough Red
Speedwell *Turkey Red *Wilmot's Early Red
Yellow.
Broom Girl Candidate *Early Sulphur Gipsy Queen
Glory of Ratcliff *Leader Moreton Hero Perfection
Rock wood Rumbullion Yellow Ball *Yellow Champagne
Green.
Beeston Castle General Markham
Glenton Green *Green Gascoigne
*Green Overall
Green Prolific *Green Walnut *Heart of Oak
Hebburn Prolific
Keepsake
Lofty
Lord Eldon Model
*Pitmaston Green Gage Random Green
*Bright Venus *Crystal
Eagle *Early White
Hedgehog
Jenny Jones King of Trumps Lady Leicester *Mayor of Oldham Patience
*Snowdrop
Tally Ho
White Champagne *Whitesmith
For Size
Red.
Clayton Conquering Hero
Dan's Mistake Duke of Sutherland
London Wonderful
Yellow.
Catherina Criterion
Drill Leveller
Mount Pleasant Peru
Green.
General Green London
Shiner Stockwell
Telegraph Thumper
White.
Antagonist Careless
Freedom Hero of the Nile
King of Trumps Snowdrift
Table by which the approximate weights of Gooseberries may be ascertained by measurement with the callipers : -
Diameter of Width. | Diameter of Length. | Weight. | |
Eighths. | Eighths. | Dwt. | Grs. |
12 | 16 | 27 | 0 |
12 | 15 | 25 | 0 |
12 | 14 | 23 | 0 |
12 | 13 | 21 | 0 |
12 | 11 | 18 | 13 |
11 | 16 | 22 | 16 |
11 | 15 | 21 | 6 |
11 | 14 | 19 | 20 |
11 | 13 | 18 | 10 |
11 | 12 | 17 | 0 |
11 | 11 | 15 | 14 |
11 | 10 | 14 | 4 |
10 | 16 | 18 | 18 |
10 | 15 | 17 | 13 |
10 | 14 | 16 | 9 |
10 | 13 | 15 | 5 |
10 | 12 | 14 | 1 |
10 | 11 | 13 | 22 |
10 | 10 | 11 | 17 |
10 | 9 | 10 | 13 |
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