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growth, and the tops trimmed off, 1 did not have a pint of mildewed 

 berries last year. They were very large and fine. ■ I have six varieties 

 of the enrrant, and Victoria does the best. I have trimmed them 

 every year back to about four to six inches. 



Mr. Morrill: Have you London Red? A. No sir, I haven't; I have Red 

 Jacket. 



Mr. JMorrill: I have reference to the currant. A. No sir; Prince 

 Albert, Victoria, Holland, and Black. 



Mr. Morrill: Have you North Star among them? A. No, sir. 



Mr. Anthony: I have had experience in some lines. I have grown cur- 

 rants and gooseberries the last twenty years. Downing is the leading 

 variety with me. I think that with some varieties an attack of mildew 

 is almost unconquerable. I am growing the Downing which originated 

 in Mr. Downing's garden. I obtained the plants from him, and so far 

 they have been very free from mildew, and that is the strain I am growing 

 and offering now. 



Mr. Morrill: How about currants — what does best? I have grown 

 Fay successfully, and am growing Victoria and Prince Albert now. I 

 hear that they are very good, and I hear Wilder spoken of highly. 



Mr. Brillhart: I am yet pretty young in gooseberry-growing. I have 

 Downing. I have not planted any other kind. That is good enough for 

 me. I set some 360 plants, one spring, and that same season I picked 37 

 quarts from them, and the next spring 43. They were nice plants, two 

 years old. I got them from Mr. Willard. The bushes made a tremendous 

 growth, two and a half to three feet across the top. I think next summer 

 there will be a good crop, 12 to 15 quarts from some of the best bushes. 

 They all look about alike. Last spring I set out 1,900 more, and I intend 

 to continue. That is the onlv varietv I have tried. Thev are verv large, 



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and nice enough for anybody. 



Q. How about currants? A. Well, in currants, I have Fay, Victoria, 

 Prince Albert, and Wilder. Wilder is something new to us here, but has 

 made a tremendous growth, far ahead of Victoria, and that grows fast 

 enough for anybody. It is a very strong grower, and I believe it is a very 

 promising currant. It has fruited twice in this section. 



Q. What is the size of the berry? A. The currants were larger than 

 wild cherries, a half larger than Faj. 



Q. As large as a good sample of Cherry currant? A. Better than 

 Cherry currant. They were rery full. I think, if we measured correctly, 

 they measured five inches through and seven inches long — that is, a solid 

 mass of currants on the stem. I never saw such a sight. 



Q. Did you or Mr. Gebhart count the berries? A. No, I did not count 

 them, but in size the bunches were about twice as long as Fay. 



Q. But Fay is long sornetimes and short others. A. Principally " short 

 others." P'or Fay, I can say that I have picked from a quart and a half 

 to three quarts, or three and a half, from one bush. I picked them this 

 season after the frost was over. Victorias run from twenty to twenty-six 

 berries on a cluster; Long-bunch Holland something the same, and Cherry 

 from ten to fourteen, and Fay goes from nothing to pretty good. I can 

 say of Wilder that if anybody could see it as I saw it, he would not choose 

 anything else; in fact, I sent in my ordei- for 750 of them at ten cents 



