Gooseberry growers' registers

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Competitive gooseberry growing was a hugely popular pastime amongst the working classes of nineteenth-century northern England. Gooseberry growers gathered in the public houses and inns of Lancashire, Cheshire and the Midlands, to present their prized fruits. Their gooseberries were judged on their size, and were weighed on apothecary's scales.

The gooseberry registers are a record of these meetings, and feature over 700 different gooseberry varieties.
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An account of the different gooseberry shews held io [sic] Lancashire, Cheshire, &c. In the year 1819. To which is added, a statement, exhibiting at one view, the number of prizes won by each sort of berries, at the several meetings.
An account of the different gooseberry shews, held in Lancashire, Cheshire, and other parts of the kingdom for the year 1827. To which is added, a statement, exhibiting, at one view, the number of prizes won by each sort of berries, at the several meetings.
An account of the different gooseberry shews, held in Lancashire, Cheshire, and other parts of the kingdom for the year 1826. To which is added, a statement, exhibiting, at one view, the number of prizes won by each sort of berries, at the several meetings.
An account of the different gooseberry shews, held in Lancashire, Cheshire, and other parts of the kingdom for the year 1824. To which is added, a statement, exhibiting at one view, the number of prizes won by each sort of berries, at the several meetings.
The gooseberry growers' register, or an account of the different gooseberry shows held in Lancashire and Cheshire, and other parts of the kingdom, for the year 1843. To which is added a statement, exhibiting at one view, the number of prizes won by each sort of berries, at the different meetings.
The gooseberry growers' register; or an account of the different gooseberry shows held in Lancashire and Cheshire, and other parts of the kingdom, for the year 1849. To which is added a statement, exhibiting at one view, the number of prizes won by each sort of berries, at the different meetings.
An account of the different gooseberry shews held in Lancashire, Cheshire, &c. In the year 1821. To which is added, a statement, exhibiting at one view, the number of prizes won by each sort of berries, at the several meetings.
An account of the different gooseberry shews held in Lancashire, Cheshire, &c. In the year 1820. To which is added, a statement, exhibiting at one view, the number of prizes won by each sort of berries, at the several meetings.
The gooseberry growers' register, or an account of the different gooseberry shows held in Lancashire and Cheshire, and other parts of the kingdom, for the year 1846. To which is added a statement, exhibiting at one view, the number of prizes won by each sort of berries, at the different meetings.
The gooseberry growers' register; or, an account of the different gooseberry shows held in Lancashire and Cheshire, and other parts of the kingdom for the year 1852, to which is added a statement, exhibiting at one view, the number of prizes won by each sort of berries, at the different meetings.