Gooseberries
References used-
Named varieties still in circulation-
Roaring Lion Railton (Goodmans 1921)
Farmer's Glory
Yorkshire Champion
Pixwell
Eastern Prickly
Green Giant
Early Purple
Invicta
St Ive
Careless
Un-named varieties or seedlings
Lost varieties-
ALMA White. (Railton)
BILLY DEAN Red, large. (Railton) , (Goodmans 1921)
BRIGHT VENUS White (Railton) .
CLAYTON Red (Railton)
COMPANION Red, large. (Railton)
CONQUERING HERO Red. (Railton)
CROWN BOB Large red. (Railton) (Goodmans 1921)
DANS MISTAKE Large red. (Railton)
DUBLIN Yellow. (Railton)
EARLY SULPHUR Yellow. (Railton)
FEARLESS Green. (Railton)
GRETNA GREEN Green. (Railton)
GREEN OAK (Goodmans 1921)
GREEN OVERALL Green. (Railton)
GREEN PRINCE Green. (Railton)
HEARTS OF OAK Green. (Railton) . (Goodmans 1921)
HIGHLANDER Large, red. (Railton)
HERO OF THE NILE White. (Railton)
HIGH SHERIFF Yellow. (Railton)
KING COLE Yellow. (Railton)
KING OF TRUMPS Green. (Railton)
LADY LEICESTER White (Railton) (Goodmans 1921)
LIONS PROVIDER Red. (Railton)
LEADER Yellow. (Railton)
LEVELLER Yellow (Railton) (Goodmans 1921)
LORD CREW Green. (Railton) (Goodmans 1921)
MARIBOROUGH Red (Goodmans 1921)
OSTRICH White (Goodmans 1921)
PLOUGHBOY Red. (Railton) (Goodmans 1921)
POSTMAN White. (Railton)
PLUNDER Green (Railton)
PRETTY BOY Yellow (Goodmans 1921)
RED OCEAN Red. (Railton)
RIFLEMAN Red. (Railton) (Goodmans 1921)
ROARING LION Red (Goodmans 1921)
ROYAL OAK Green. (Railton) .
ROCKWOOD Yellow. (Railton) (Goodmans 1921)
SIR H ROBERTSON Red (Goodmans 1921)
SNOWDRIFT White. (Railton)
SNOWBALL White. (Railton)
SPEEDWELL Red. (Railton) .
WARRINGTON Red (Goodmans 1921)
WATERLOO White. (Railton)
WHITE LION White (Goodmans 1921)
WHITESMITH White (Goodmans 1921)
- Railton and Co catalogue approx 1880 (Railton)
- Goodman’s Nursery, Bairnsdale Catalogue 1921
Named varieties still in circulation-
Roaring Lion Railton (Goodmans 1921)
Farmer's Glory
Yorkshire Champion
Pixwell
Eastern Prickly
Green Giant
Early Purple
Invicta
St Ive
Careless
Un-named varieties or seedlings
- Balook Seedling #1
- Balook Seedling #2, two of about 5 gooseberry seedlings that show some promise.
- Grant- An upright mildew-resistant gooseberry that was growing at Grant, an old gold mining town above the snow line in the Victorian alps, likely planted in the 1860's or 1870's.
- An un-named gooseberry from an old house site in Tasmania.
Lost varieties-
ALMA White. (Railton)
BILLY DEAN Red, large. (Railton) , (Goodmans 1921)
BRIGHT VENUS White (Railton) .
CLAYTON Red (Railton)
COMPANION Red, large. (Railton)
CONQUERING HERO Red. (Railton)
CROWN BOB Large red. (Railton) (Goodmans 1921)
DANS MISTAKE Large red. (Railton)
DUBLIN Yellow. (Railton)
EARLY SULPHUR Yellow. (Railton)
FEARLESS Green. (Railton)
GRETNA GREEN Green. (Railton)
GREEN OAK (Goodmans 1921)
GREEN OVERALL Green. (Railton)
GREEN PRINCE Green. (Railton)
HEARTS OF OAK Green. (Railton) . (Goodmans 1921)
HIGHLANDER Large, red. (Railton)
HERO OF THE NILE White. (Railton)
HIGH SHERIFF Yellow. (Railton)
KING COLE Yellow. (Railton)
KING OF TRUMPS Green. (Railton)
LADY LEICESTER White (Railton) (Goodmans 1921)
LIONS PROVIDER Red. (Railton)
LEADER Yellow. (Railton)
LEVELLER Yellow (Railton) (Goodmans 1921)
LORD CREW Green. (Railton) (Goodmans 1921)
MARIBOROUGH Red (Goodmans 1921)
OSTRICH White (Goodmans 1921)
PLOUGHBOY Red. (Railton) (Goodmans 1921)
POSTMAN White. (Railton)
PLUNDER Green (Railton)
PRETTY BOY Yellow (Goodmans 1921)
RED OCEAN Red. (Railton)
RIFLEMAN Red. (Railton) (Goodmans 1921)
ROARING LION Red (Goodmans 1921)
ROYAL OAK Green. (Railton) .
ROCKWOOD Yellow. (Railton) (Goodmans 1921)
SIR H ROBERTSON Red (Goodmans 1921)
SNOWDRIFT White. (Railton)
SNOWBALL White. (Railton)
SPEEDWELL Red. (Railton) .
WARRINGTON Red (Goodmans 1921)
WATERLOO White. (Railton)
WHITE LION White (Goodmans 1921)
WHITESMITH White (Goodmans 1921)