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To some people the flavor of the fruit is disagreeable and it has been 

 called a medicinal flavor; but there are others — the writer included — 

 who are fond of them, even to eat from the hand. In pies and jellies 

 we have found them to be useful. It is not to be expected, of course, 



Flowers of Crandall Currant (Half Size). 



that these fruits will find a ready market, because consumers are not 

 acquainted with them; but if the stock were more uniform, I think that 

 the Crandall could be recommended as a good fruit for home consump- 

 tion. There are undoubtedly possibilities before this type of currant, 

 and for this reason, if for no other, the introduction of the Crandall has 

 been fortunate. The plant grows readily from seeds, and we now have 

 several hundred seedlings. 



The Crandall so far has been free from attacks of the currant worm, 

 although our plants grow in a general currant and gooseberry planta- 

 tion in which the worms are common. It has been seriously attacked 

 by the spot disease of the leaves, however [Septoria ribis), especially 

 late in the season when the crop is nearly ofi' and from that time until 

 the leaves drop. The leaves develop many brownish spots of a circular 

 outline and which are an eighth of an inch or more across. As the 

 tissue in these spots dies, the portion becomes more or less translucent. 

 Finally the whole leaf yellows and. drops. If the attack should be seri- 



