Chapter Sixtfy* 



BERRIES CONTINUED. 



GARDEN CURRANTS (Ribes rubrum and Ribes nigrum). 



"To know 



That which before us lies in daily life, 

 Is the prime wisdom." Paradise Lost. 



HE Currants of the English garden received 

 this name because of their resemblance to 

 the UVCR Corinthiacce, the little Corinthian 

 grapes, or " Corinths " described at the close 

 of the preceding chapter. , The fame of these 

 pleasant fruits, the red currant, the white, and 

 the black, is comparatively modern, attention having 

 been first given to them only in the Tudor period. No 

 mention of any of the various sorts occurs in ancient 

 Greek and Roman literature ; nor does there seem to be 

 any record of currants having been cared for by the 



