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Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Identifier: americanfloristw25amer (find matches)
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture; Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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266 The American Florist, Sept. I J, NEW GOOSEBERRY, "VICTORIA. 9^
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The best Gooseberry in England and the Champion Berry for the London Market. It is the strongest grower, making shoots 3 ft. 9 in, in a season. Berries larger than Crown Bob or Lancashire Lad^ color and flavor similiar to Ashton Reds or Warrington, a late bloomer and a sure cropper, it is of a hardy constitution, growing and bearing well in Northumberland. A Vic- toria three-year-old bush bearing 284- lbs. of tine large fruit was shown at the Drill Hall, London, in 1900, and got great praise from a. large number of leading nursery- men who spoke very highly of it. It is as much in advance of all other Gooseberries as Victoria Plum stands above all other Market Plums. Extract from the Horticultural Trade Journal, Aug. 14th, 1901. A week or two ago, when Goose- berries were at their best, we visited the famous Gooseberry Growers, Messrs. Geo. Charlton <fc Sons. Higb Church Nurseries, Morpeth. Messrs. Charlton have for many years main- tained a reputation at home and abroad for raising and disposing of large quantities of young trees of "Whinnam's Industry," and we saw- some fine healthy quarters of this favorite and prolific variety in their Nurseries. Whinham's now seems likely to be eclipsed in productiveness- by the introduciion of "Victoria." M-ssrs. Charlton ^^ Sons have grown this variety for several years and they are now placing the youne stock i» commerce; an illustration on one of our pages shows the prolific nature of ihis variety, and what is shown in the illustration on the two shoots- that are reproduced from photographs, we saw on hundreds of branches on the young trees, every shoot was alike, no blanks, each one bearlng^ down with an enormous weight of fln& large fruit, truly a most prodigious cropper; the large fruit of a pale red color were thickly seton everybranch^ and this we understand has been characteristic or the variety from the first. The flavor too is excellent, and all arouud it seems well suited for market purposes. It is also about seven days earlier than Whinham's. Testimonial from Mr. R. S. Pal- tester, Commission Agent, and Fruit Salesman, Green Market, Newcastle-on-Tyne, who turns over many hundreds of tons of both London and Northumber- land Gooseberries in the year. Dear Sir:—I have very great pleas- ure in bearing testimony to the excel- lence of your "Victoria" Gooseberry. Their quality and size are remarkably fine and surpass anything of the kind I have ever had to deal with during the whole of my business experience. Yours faithfully, R. S. Pallester. Mr. Pallcstcr has eivcn us £J6 per Ton for all thc^ **Victoria Berries we had to sell this season, when he could buy the best fruit in the Newcastle Market of Whinham^s, Crown Bobs^ Lancashire Lads and oth- ers at £n per ton. See top next page for(prices»

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