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CHAPTER X 



VARIETIES OF RED AND WHITE CURRANTS 



Admirable. 1. Can. Cent. Exp. Farm Bid. 56:11. 1907. 



Resembles Fay. Plants moderately vigorous, improductive. 



Angers, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 24. 1883. 



Fertile d' Angers. 2. Gen. Farmer 22:2^. 1861. 



This variety, of unknowTi origin, dates back for three-quarters of a century. The 

 American Pomological Society held this variety in the list of recommended fruits from 

 i860 to 1893. Plants very productive; bunches of medium size; berries large, bright red; 

 good. 



Attractor. i. Horticulturist g: 11. 1854. 



This variety originated in France. It was placed in the fruit catalog of the American 

 Pomological Society in 1862; removed nine years later. Plants moderately vigorous, 

 spreading, productive; foliage deeply lobed, sharply and deeply serrated; fruit of medium 

 size, yellowish white; bunches short, medium in size. 



Bar le Due. i. Fest. Pom. Inst. Reut. 34. 191 1. 2. Bimyard Cat. 27. 1923. 



A valuable variety much grown at Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, France, for preservation, and 

 the making of a most delicious jelly. Plants vigorous ; fruit large, white, translucent with 

 but few seeds; sweet. 



Belle de Fontenay. i. Rural N. Y. 10:255. 1859. 



Once grown in France and used by French horticulturists in the breeding of currants. 

 Fruit large, red ; good. 



Benwell. i. Can. Cent. Exp. Farm Bui. 56:11. 1907. 



Plants moderately vigorous, productive; bunches of medium size, loose; berries small, 

 bright sqarlet, very acid; quality fair; midseason. 



Blanche de Verrieres. i. Guide Prat. 23. 1895. 



Verrieres White. 2. Can. Cent. Exp. Farm Bui. 56:14. 1907. 



Plants vigorous, upright, moderately productive; fruit medium in size, in long, well- 

 filled clusters; skin pale yellow; flesh juicy, sprightly subacid; good. 



Boston Lady. i. Card. Mon. 2:250. i860. 



Plants vigorous, very productive; fruit very large, white; flesh richly flavored, sweet; 

 good ; late. 



Brayley. i. Ont. Dept. Agr. Fr. Oni. 265. 1914. 



Brayley's Seedling. 2. Ont. Fr. Exp. Sta. Rpt. 116. 1904. 



Origin unknown. Plants upright, spreading, vigorous, healthy, hardy, not very pro- 

 ductive; bunches long, straggling, loose; berries of medium size, dark red, sprightly acid; 

 midseason. 



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