If cultivators knew how easily a crop of Foreign Gooseberries can be produced, I think they would be inclined to try them. I have cultivated English Gooseberries, the past eight or ten years with uniform success, and have had no more difficulty in securing abundant crops than from American varieties. Have received first prize from Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the past eight years. English Gooseberries do not like our mid-summer scorching sun. I therefore secured a location where they received morning sun until about ten, and afternoon three and a half to sundown. Our soil, originally stiff clay, is underdrained and subsoiled to depth of twenty-four to thirty inches, with plenty of sand and cow manure added. I am convinced the very best fertilizer for the gooseberry is cow manure, supplied liberally, as it is a gross feeder. My practice has been to prune severely, and thin out half or two-thirds of the fruit. We give annually in early autumn, a heavy dressing of cow manure. As you know, Mr. Editor, the Foreign Gooseberry in England will stand neglect, and produce satisfactorily, but not so in New England. We must here regard its requirements and give it necessary attention, and I believe success will be secured.

Cambridge, Mass.