29 JUNE 1918, Page 12

GOOSEBERRIES.

ITO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:1

Sza,—Mr. St. John Mildmay's condemnation of the Order referring to gooseberries has apparently been written in ignorance of the terms of the Order itself. It is quite true that growers of goose- berries are required not to sell or deliver the fruit to any one except a licensed jam manufacturer or a recognized fruit salesman who has given the grower a written and dated undertaking to resell only to a jam manufacturer. But it is also true that the Order specifically states that it does not apply to any grower whose crop for 1918 is less than five hundredweights, and it seems unlikely that Mr. Mildmay's household will require a quarter of a ton of 'bottled gooseberries during the ensuing twelve months.—I