GOOSE

a collective term for members of the Anserinae. The group is largely Arctic in character. The plumage is similar in both sexes; beak tapering and characterized by horny, knobbed tip. Geese are more terrestrial in character than either ducks or swans, and when on the wing travel in typical ‘V’-shaped formation, termed by sportsmen a skein. Tho Grey Lag g. is believed to be the progenitor of the domestic species. G. liver has been considered a dainty from early times. In Holland and Germany enormous quantities of geese are reared for the market. Stra burg pate de foie gras is obtained from geese confined in an apartment kept at a high temperature to produce morbid enlargement of liver. GOOSEBERRY {is the fruit of Ribes gro ular i a, natural order Ribesaceae. The shrub has spines (modified leaf bases) and alternate crenated three or five-lobed leaves with dilated petiole. The flower has a monosepalous bell shaped calyx with five divisions and a corolla of five free petals alternating with the divisions of the calyx. The five perigynous stamens are opposite the — petals, and the inferior unilocular ovary has two short sizles. 'Ths ovules are borne on two placenias, The fruit is a berry with a persistent calyx at the top, and contains sugar and malic acid. The best growth conditions are cool climate, rich loam, much manure. town, on Fils, Wurttemberg, Germany; pap and woolen goods. Pop. 1919, 21,629. E.), district and division, United Provinces, India; district, flat, abounds in lakes and marshes; dense forests; chief rivers, Rapti, Gogra, Great and Little Gandak; products—timber and_ rice; area, 4,535 sq. miles. Pop. 3,000,000. Chief town, Gorakhpur, on Rapti; river trade, timber, grain. Pop. 64,000.