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Lawton, are yet among the most productive. But where extreme hardiness 

 is necessary, resort may be had to Snyder and Taylor. Western Triumph, 

 Ancient Briton, and Stone are quite too small to meet the popular require- 

 ment, except with high cultivation and judicious pruning to prevent over- 

 bearing and to improve the size. 



CURRANTS.— iStbes. 



Four varieties of this fruit have been added to the collection the present 

 year, the present number of varieties being twenty-four. 



The continuous rains of last spring also seriously affected the currant 

 plantation, which is immediately adjacent to that of raspberries and black- 

 berries, continuing so late that spraying proved impracticable until they 

 had become badly affected with mildew of the foliage, which sadly affected 

 both their growth and fruitfulness. The latter was also further reduced 

 by cutting away more or less bearing wood for the purpose of destroying 

 the borer, which has been and still is unusually troublesome throughout 

 this region. The imported currant worm Nematus Vejitricosus, was some- 

 what less troublesome than last year, and yielded readily to repeated 

 sprayings with hellebore in water. 



After the return of dry weather in June and July, two sprayings of 

 potassium sulphide (liver of sulphur), were given the gooseberries; but 

 the injury had already progressed too far for a satisfactory result. 



CUBBANTS.— i?t6es. 

 1. Ribes aureum. — MieBOori or yellow flowering ourrant. 



2. Ribes nigrum.— Black or Fetid cnrrant. 



Name. 



Black Champion 



Black English 



Black Naples 



Lee 



Sannders 



Wfilea (Prince of 



Bemarks. 



Differs little from other black car- 

 rants. 



Planted for comparison. 

 The variety generally planted. 

 An alleged improvement. 

 New from Ontario. 

 A new variety. 



