SAUNDERS' SEEDLING BLACK CURRANTS. 



Fig. 1376— Saunders' No. 12, Photo 1896. 



HMONG a collection of seedling 

 black currants sent to Maple- 

 hurst by Dr. Saunders, of 

 Ottawa, in 1896, we have 

 taken special notice of one which gives 

 promise of greater productiveness than 

 any of the others. 



Not only are the berries a good size, 

 but what is of greater importance with 

 a black currant, the branches are full 

 and hang pretty closely along the 

 branch. If this number continues its 

 good qualities in 1898, we shall pro- 



pagate it as being of sufficient import- 

 ance to be distributed among the mem- 

 bers of our Association. 



Black currants have, it is true, a rather 

 limited market in Canada, yet they 

 bring a much higher price than red 

 currants. In Europe there is a good 

 demand for them, and being good 

 shippers, no doubt we could easily 

 place them on the British market. The 

 great point is to get a productive 

 variety, and this we are inclined to be- 

 lieve will be found in Saunders' No. 12. 



THE CURRANT APHIS {Myzus rihis). 



OMPLAINTS have been re- 

 ceived from Orillia that some 

 species of louse was very in- 

 jurious to the black currant 

 bushes in that vicinity. No doubt it is 

 the currant aphis, which is especially 

 injurious to the red currant, but which 



also attacks the black currant. The 

 first evidence of their presence is the 

 red bladder-like galls on the leaves, 

 which when badly infested become 

 greatly distorted and curled. As a re- 

 sult these leaves drop from the bushes 

 and the fruit ripens prematurely. This 



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