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even there is now being grown less than formerly. The plants are not productive, and the 

 fruits are neither attractive in appearance nor high in quality. The plants sprawl on the 

 ground with great detriment to the currants and to the vexation of the cultivator. Per- 

 haps the variety fails because of its being unmanageable in the plantation more than for 

 any other reason. Filler originated in the garden of George Filler, Milton, New York, 

 about 1892. 



Plants dwarfish, medium in vigor, upright-spreading becoming drooping with age, 

 variable in yield, healthy; young shoots meditmi in nimiber; leaf-buds small, short, pointed, 

 nearly glabrous, appressed; leaves small to medixim, cordate at the base, with obtuse 

 lobes, rugose, glabrous, with crenate margins; petiole variable in length and thickness, 

 very slightly pubescent. Flowers midseason, above medium in size, in few-flowered, droop- 

 ing racemes, variable in compactness; calyx-tube greenish, saucer-shaped, glabrous; 

 calyx-lobes separated or occasionally overlapping, obtuse, pale green with few red streaks; 

 ring greenish, well developed; ovary glabrous. Fruit midseason; clusters medium in 

 length, compact, 11-17 berries, drooping; cluster-stems of average length and thickness; 

 berry-stems long, slender; berries cling well, roundish or somewhat oblate, medium to 

 large, variable in size, glossy, dark red; skin smooth, thin, tender, translucent; flesh firm, 

 moderately juicy, sprightly ; quality good. 



Franco-German, i. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 158. 1898. 2. Roesch Cat. 8. 1898. 



It is said by the introducer, Lewis Roesch, Fredonia, New York, that this variety was 

 originated by Lincoln Fay, Portland, New York, from seed of Fay, about 187 1. Mr. Fay 

 stated that he gave his seedling the name it bears because it originated diiring the Franco- 

 German war. Some writers are of the opinion that the variety is identical with Holland. 

 On the grounds of this Station, however, the plants have proved identical with Prince 

 Albert as other horticulturists have also discovered. 



Giant Red. i. Crawford Cat. 1913. 2. Wis. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 128. 1913. 



Originated from seed by E. P. Powell, Clinton, New York, and introduced in 1912 by 

 the M. Crawford Company, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. As grown at this Station the plants 

 are moderately vigorous, upright-spreading, dwarfish, productive; clusters short, well 

 filled; berries large, glossy red, with juicy flesh, sprightly subacid; good; midseason. 



Gloire de Sablons. i. Mag. Hort. 24:375. 1858. 2. N. Y. Sta. Bid. 95:419. 1895. 

 This is an inferior variety of the common red currant. As grown at this Station 

 the plants are upright, vigorous, moderately productive; bunches short, small; berries 

 small, white, striped with red, acid; poor. 



Gloucester Red. 1. TAion Jour. Hort. g-.i?,?,. 187 1. 



Plants low, stocky; bunches short; berries large, dark red, mild subacid; good. 



Goegginger Pear-shaped Red. i. Card. Chron. 3rd Ser. 37:36. 1905. 



Red Pear-shaped. 2. Rural N. Y. 44:365. 1885. 



Goepgingers Pyriform. 3. Card. Chron. 3rd Ser. 62:232. 1917. 



This cultivated form of a wild pear-shaped currant found in western Russia was 

 raised by Heinrich Goegginger, a market gardener in Riga, Russia, about 1875. In the 



