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Prince Alberl is an old European currant grown under several names. The variety 

 is one of the latest to flower and to ripen its fruits, so that it becomes exceedingly valuable 

 in lengthening the currant season. The berries are ver>^ large, have thin skins, and a 

 most pleasing piquancy of flavor. The bushes are vigorous, but only moderately pro- 

 ductive; they are as healthy as any and have a characteristic upright habit of growth. 

 Prince Albert was introduced in America from France about 1850. Many writers have 

 confused the synonymy of this variety with that of Red Dutch, although the two varieties 

 are quite distinct. English pomologists have considered the continental Red Dutch 

 identical with Prince Albert but the two seem to be distinct. Prince Albert was added 

 to the recommended fruit list of the American Pomological Society in 1862. 



Plants large, \'igorous, upright-spreading, very dense, medium to very productive, 

 usually free from anthracnose; young shoots numerous, rather slender, tinged red; leaf -buds 

 characteristically large, long, pointed, plump, very pubescent, variable in appression; 

 leaves drop late in the fall, subcordate to truncate at the base, with short-pointed lobes, 

 thick, leathery, distinctly dark green, semi-glossy, very rugose, glabrous, with crenate 

 margins; petiole long, green, tinged dull red, holds the foliage stiffly upright. Flowers 

 late midseason, medium to large, characteristically reddish, with faint tinge of yellow, in 

 very long, dense, drooping, many-flowered racemes; calj'x-tube green, tinged brownish red, 

 campanulate, glabrous; calyx-lobes obtuse, tinged with red; petals very large and broad, 

 greenish yellow; ring absent or very indistinct; anther-cells closely connected; ovary gla- 

 brous. Fruit very late, hangs on an unusually long time; clusters long, well filled, tapering, 

 rather loose, 14-21 berries; cluster-stems very long, of medium thickness; berry-stems short; 

 berries of medium size but variable, roundish oblate or slightly obovate, light, bright red; 

 skin thin, smooth, tough, translucent; flesh firm, juicy, sprightly becoming subacid, 

 highly flavored ; quality good. 



Prince Coral, i. Rural N. Y. 10:255. i8S9- 



Of American origin. Introduced by William R. Prince & Company, Flushing, New 

 York, about i860. It is a very productive sort bearing large attractive red fruit of excel- 

 lent quality. 



Purity. I. Rural N. Y. 57:123. 1898. 



Introduced by John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, New York. Plants low growing and 

 sprawling; fruit yellowish white; not equal to the White Transparent either in quality or 

 productiveness. 



Rankins Red. i. Can. Cent. Exp. Farm But. 56:13. 1907. 



Origin unknown. Plants vigorous, upright, very productive; bunches long, well filled; 

 berries medium in size, bright scarlet, acid; fair; midseason. 



Red Cross, i. Am. Card. 17:4,441, fig. 6. 1896. 2. Can. Hort. 19:226, 282. 1896. 

 3. Ohio Sta. Bui. 371:344, 378. 1923. 

 Some years ago Red Cross was much grown in the Hudson River Valley where it was 

 esteemed for its large bunches and large fruits. In recent years, however, it has been found 

 that it is excelled by several other of the large-fruited sorts and is now passing out of 

 cultivation. Perhaps the chief drawback to its culture is that the fruits crack very readily. 



