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them. I apply it right through the day although I would 

 prefer the morning when the dew is on. The in- 

 sect's esg is always deposited on the under side of the leaf. 

 As to the cost of hellebore; as mine was bought at wholesale 

 and I had the benefit of reduced prices I got it at 16 cents a 

 pound. The usual price is from 20 to 25 cents and the 

 retail price is much more than that. No matter if it costs 

 a dollar a pound you will need but very little in an ordinary 

 patch. In going over my two acres I think I spent six days' 

 work in going over the whole at $1.25 a day. ■ , < 



Pres. Smith — Is not the Long Bunch Holland a very much 

 stronger grower than the Red Dutch? 



Mr. Stickney — Very much. I have no Red Dutch on 

 my farm and have no currants in my fields for marketing 

 except the Long Bunch Holland and the Prince Albert, and 

 they are both very large and tough-hided, and anything but 

 nice for the table. They hold on until the rush of other cur- 

 rants has gone by. They bear carriage very well. I nail 

 them up tight and ship them anywhere, and when they 

 reach Chicago lots of them go to St. Louis, and others to 

 other large cities. We can press them into the boxes so as 

 to carry without shaking. The Victoria has no value as a 

 shipping berry, compared to these two. Of these two the 

 Prince Albert has a better looking bush, and is a hand- 

 somer fruit but does not yield quite as much. The Victoria 

 does not produce the showy clusters, and the bush is not as 

 strong and for some reason or other a lot of the Victoria 

 standing close to the others, escaped the work of the worms. 

 There is something about the Victoria that the worms do 

 not like. I do not plant the Prince Albert nor Long Bunch 

 Holland for table use. I think the White Grape is the most 

 productive currant I know of, without any exception, and 

 it has this good quality, if it stands in a place away from 

 the sun you can almost always have currants hanging on 

 until late in the season. You get good currants and of a 

 very delicious flavor. They are by far the best for table 

 use of any white currant known. No one wants to plant 

 white currants for selling. They are not wanted for any- 

 thing hardly but table use and only a few for this. My 



