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unpleasant flavor usually condemn it as a garden plant, but some like it, and since it suc- 

 ceeds in regions having hot summers, where most other currants fail, it is likely to be long 

 kept under cultivation. The berries ripen so unevenly that they must be picked singly, 

 which, of course, precludes its being a commercial plant. The bushes are usually unpro- 

 ductive, but a supposed productive strain is offered by some nurserjnnen. This currant 

 is supposed to have originated by R. W. Crandall, Newton, Kansas, many years ago, 

 from seed of a plant of a wild currant which he had found growing near his place. It was 

 introduced in 1888 by Frank Ford & Sons, Ravenna, Ohio. In 1899 the American Pomo- 

 logical Society added the variety to its list of recommended fruits. 



Plants of largest size, often 8 feet in height, very vigorous, upright, slightly spreading, 

 very dense, usually iinproductive but variable, healthy; young shoots light and dark brown, 

 glossy, pubescent, numerous; leaf -buds tomentose, small, short, obtuse, moderately 

 plump, appressed ; leaves small, truncate at the base, with deeply and irregularly cut lobes, 

 thin, deeply lobed, dull, light green, smooth, glabrous on both surfaces, pubescent on the 

 margins and petiole, with coarsely dentate to deeply cut, serrate margins; petiole short, 

 slender, pubescent, light green. Flowers midseason, large, partly closed, golden yellow, 

 in short, dense, few-flowered, fragrant clusters; calyx-tube yellow, long-obconic, almost 

 cylindrical, glabrous; calyx-lobes oblong, medium in width and thickness, glabrous, yel- 

 lowish ; petals usually red- tipped, above medium in size, serrate ; ovary glabrous. Fruit very 

 late, period of ripening unusuall}' long; clusters very short, loose, 1-4 berries; cluster-stems 

 short, thick; berrj'-stems long, medium thick, pubescent; berries variable in size, small to 

 very large, roundish oblate to slightly obovate, borne either singly or in ones and twos, 

 seldom threes or fours, with leafy bracts, drop when ripe, smooth, glossy bluish black, 

 tipped with a very long calyx; skin smooth, very thick, tough, opaque; flesh greenish yellow, 

 not very juicy, somewhat soft, seedy, sprightly to rather tart, with a strong, unpleasant 

 taste; quality poor to fair. 

 Daniels September, i. Daniels Bros. Cir. 1924. 



Found in an English garden about 10 years ago by Daniels Brothers, Norwich, England, 

 who introduced it in 1923. Fruit large, borne in long clusters, among the latest to ripen. 



Deseret. i. Fuller Sjm. Fr. Cult. 199, fig. 84. 1867. 



Originated in Utah and supposed to be a strain of the Missouri Black, R. odor at urn. 

 Plants vigorous, rapid growing, productive; fruit large, round, black or dark violet, with 

 slight bloom, pleasantly subacid. 



Dominion, i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 399. 1895. 



A seedling raised by William Saunders, London, Ontario, about 1887. Plants of 

 moderate vigor, productive; bunches long; berries of medium size, austere, acid; midseason. 



Eagle. I. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 400. 1895. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 287. 1921. 



Raised from a seedling of Naples prior to 1887 by William Satinders, London, Ontario. 

 Plants vigorous, productive; btmches large; berries large, briskly subacid; fair; midseason. 



Ethel. I. Can. Cent. Exp. Farm Bui. 56:18. 1907. 



Originated about 1887 by William Saunders, London, Ontario. Plants vigorous, 

 productive; bunches large; berries large; skin thick; briskly subacid; good; midseason. 

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