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uniform clusters and ])errios of Ix'ttcr (juality. It is almost im- 

 possible to distin^'uish Versailles from Cherry. As grown at the 

 Geneva Iv\))eriment Station, Geneva, New York, 

 Versailles has a lonp^er bunch, darker fruit, and 

 less tendency to "go blind," that is, to lack the 

 terminal bud. Versailles is an old European sort 

 brought to America more than a half century ago. 



Plants large, vigorous, upright, not very productive; 

 shoots stout, easily broken, many "blind." Leaves large, 

 milky-green, held nearly flat. Flowers early, R. sativum 

 type. Fruit midseason; chisters short length, 8-12 berries, 

 well filled to tip; berries medium to large, round, dark red; 

 flesh firm, juicy, red, mild subacid; quality good; seeds 

 rather numerous, large. 



707. Victoria (Fig. 262).— This variety is 

 rather widely grown in Canada and the United 

 States. Its small berries condemn it for com- 

 mercial plantations. The plants are very vigor- 

 ous and productive ; the fruit is of excellent 

 quality, and keeps longer on the bushes than that 

 of any other variety. 



Plants very large, upright^ vigorous, healthy and productive. Leaves 

 large, yellowish-green, thick, soft, under surface very pubescent. Flowers 

 midseason, sepals tinged with red, i?. ritbrum type. Fruit 

 late midseason; clusters short to medium, filled to the tip, 

 10-20 berries; stem yellow, downy; berries cling well, held 

 on stem to one side, small to medium, round-oblate, bright 

 red; flesh red, firm, juicy, rather too sour for dessert; 

 quality fair; seeds large, rather numerous. 



708. Wilder (Fig. 263).— In the great currant 

 regions of New York, Wilder is now the favorite 

 variety, and in the race for commercial suprem- 

 acy, continues to increase its lead. The fruits are 

 handsomer, higher in quality, and hang longer 

 after ripening than those of any other commercial 

 sort. They are not ahvays uniform in size. 

 Wilder is said to have originated w4th E. G. 

 Teas, Irvington, Indiana, about 1878. 



Plants large, upright-spreading, vigorous, healthy, productive. Leaves 

 large, nearly flat, milky -green, thick. Flowers early, R. sativum type. Fruit 



Fig. 262. Vic- 

 toria. 



Fig. 263. 

 Wilder. 



