| Show OF THE gooseberry most delicious fruit to be eaten out of hand and not excelled for jams and jellies no fruit Is more deserving of recognition than the gooseberry possessing g peculiar merits till all its own the gooseberry must be known to be appreciated precia ted and understood As a fruit to be eaten out of hand when ripe it Is most delicious and its suitability for preserves jams jellies lind and butters Is not excelled by any other fruit plant a few bushes in the garden or truck patch where here they can be cultivated arid and cared for and not in some neglected corner where they are left to the mercies of the thick grasses weeds and insect pests spray cultivate and fertilize them and they will amply repay the care bestowed upon them three years ago I 1 set 25 two year old houghton on plants says a writer in farm and home blome the next year they bore 45 quarts of fine berries and last year they produced quarts 1 I have grown plants that have produced a half bushel each A market at 10 cents a quart Is not hard to find which gives some idea of the productiveness and revenue producing qualities of this fruit if the grower lives in a community of english people he be need not worry about a market for the fruit Is a favorite of the Britis hers |
