The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Ironmonger

(F). Fruit dark red, small, hairy. Branches spreading. Often confounded with, but inferior to, Red Champagne. SYN. Hairy Black. Keen's Seedling (F). Fruit bright red, medium, oblong, very hairy; early. Branches pendulous. Great bearer.

Lion's Provider. Fruit light red, long, a little hairy. Branches long, slender, erect.

London (s). Fruit dark red, very large, roundish-ovate, smooth. Branches pendulous. A rather tender and uncertain bearer, but the largest gooseberry known.

Miss Bold (F). Fruit light red, medium, very downy; early. Branches spreading. Monarch. Fruit deep red, very large, oblong, hairy. Branches strong, erect. A good bearer.

Plough Boy. Fruit light red, shaded yellow, very long, smooth; late. Branches slender, spreading.

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