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Definition of Gooseberries
1. gooseberry [n] - See also: gooseberry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gooseberries
Literary usage of Gooseberries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Cookery, for Private Families: Reduced to a System of Easy Practice by Eliza Acton (1860)
"I well stirred ; then for six pounds of the gooseberries, add two SEC s half of
good roughly-powdered sugar; boil these together ..."
2. Foods by Edward Smith (1876)
"82-25 3'58 0-570 Apricots Currants and gooseberries are amongst our most useful
... gooseberries Small red Yellow . Large red Currants ite . large red . ..."
3. The Suburban Horticulturist: Or, An Attempt to Teach the Science and by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"gooseberries and currants require an open airy situation, and a cool moist loamy
soil. 'Raspberries prefer a situation somewhat shaded, as in a west or east ..."
4. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"In England, the Lancashire gooseberries are the finest in appearance. ...
The yellow gooseberries have, in general, a more rich and vinous flavour than the ..."
5. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"To keep gooseberries. Before they become too large, let them be gathered, ...
Put as many gooseberries into a large sieve as will lie at the bottom without ..."
6. The Horticulturist; Or, An Attempt to Teach the Science and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon, Loudon (Jane) (1849)
"gooseberries and currants are frequently planted as espaliers or dwarfs along
the margins of ... gooseberries and currants require an open airy situation, ..."
7. The Young Lady's Book: A Manual of Amusements, Exercises, Studies, and Pursuits by Matilda Anne Planche Mackarness (1888)
"gooseberries IN CREAM. Put into a brass skillet three-quarters of a pint of
full-grown green gooseberries, half a pint of cold water, and three-quarters of ..."
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