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unproductive; bunches long; berries large, dark red, glossy, seedless or nearly so; fair; 



midseason. 



Select I. Mich. Sia. Bui. 118:20. 1895. 



A red currant of the Cherry type; somewhat lacking in vigor and productiveness: 

 clusters compact; berries large; quality fair. 

 Silver Mine. i. Card Bush-Fr. 309. 1917. 



Introduced by the Gardner Nursery Company, Osage, Iowa. Described " as prolific, 

 large, red, of fine flavor, holding its leaves and fruit very late." 



Simcoe King. i. Can. Exp. Farm Rpt. 82. 1899. 2. Can. Cent. Exp. Farms Bid. 56: 

 13. 1907. 



Similar to Red Grape. Plants of moderate vigor, upright, productive ; bunches medium 

 in size, only half filled; berries large, bright to pale scarlet, acid; good; midseason. 

 Skinner Early, i. Bimyard Ca/. 23. 191 5-1 6. 



An English currant, esteemed in Kent for market, and named after a local grower, 

 although it may quite possibly be an old sort renamed. Plants \agorous, upright, produc- 

 tive; bunches long; berries of medium size, bright red; good; earliest of all. 

 Southwell Red. i. Garden 84:557, fig. 1920. 



Presiunably a variety of comparatively recent English origin. Described as one of 

 the most productive of English currants, blooming late, thereby escaping spring frosts and 

 producing a crop when many sorts fail. Besides these favorable attributes its fine appear- 

 ance makes it popular with English growers for market. Fruit very large, uniform in size, 

 bright glossy red; good; late. 

 Stevens Superb, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Sp. Rpt. 80. 1904-05. 



This variety originated with Abel F. Stevens, Wellesley, Massachusetts, who considered 

 it one of the best seedlings he had grown. Plants very vigorous and productive; bunches 

 long, shouldered; berries very large, crimson, attractive; very good. 

 Stewart, i. Minn. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 93. 1876. 



Originated in Minnesota. Plants upright, vigorous, hardy, productive- bunches 

 large, long; berries large, red, mildly acid; good; midseason; hangs well after ripening. 

 Utrecht, i. Bunyard Cat. 23. 1915-16. 



The name of this variety would indicate that it originated in Utrecht, Holland. Plants 

 vigorous, upright; bunches medixrai in size; berries mediiun, dark red; good; midseason. 



Versailles, i. Ohio Sta. Bui. 37i:337. 372- 1923- 



La Versaillaise. 2. Mag. Hort. 24:374. 1858. 



Magnum Bonum. 3. Rural N. Y. 10:255. 1859. 



Versaillaise. 4. Ibid. 11:247, fig. i860. 5. Card. Chron. 3d Ser. 62:217, fig. 83. 

 1917. 



At one time about the best of the currants grown in New York and the East, Versailles 

 has now given way to newer and better currants. The plants lack in productiveness and 

 the clusters are not large enough or uniform enough to suit the demands of present markets. 

 There is much confusion in the group of currants to which Versailles belongs, and it is very 

 difficult to distinguish it from Cherry and other representatives of the same group. At 



