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and black, that I can recommend, which are the red 

 Dutch, the white Dutch, and the common black 

 currant ; it is rather singular that the superior quali- 

 ties of the red and white Dutch, which have been 

 known in horticulture over one hundred years, should 

 not have been more generally introduced among the 

 growers of fruit, as the genuine varieties are seldom 

 to be met with. This must be altogether owing to 

 the neglect of close attention, to selection ; and in a 

 fruit of such useful and domestic nature as the cur- 

 rant, it is greatly to be hoped that the good kinds 

 will be selected, which are the red and white Dutch, 

 which, if once generally introduced, will at no dis- 

 tant day have precedence over all others. Let the 

 planter apply to any respectable nurseryman .or fruit 

 grower, for the red and white Dutch currant, partic- 

 ularly, and he will at once have the very .kinds he 

 most desires, and the very best of currants. 



The White Dutch Currant. 



The tree is of a weeping habit, wood short joint- 

 ed, and the leaves of a light green, and hairy sur- 

 face ; the fruit of an arnber color or dull yellow, 

 large round fruit, and long bunches ; the bunches 

 grow in thick clusters from the joints ; the flavor of 

 a pleasant acid, agreeable to the taste, 



This variety is generally used as a dessert, for 

 which it is particularly adapted it is also used for a 

 wine, but does not preserve well. 



The Red Dutch Currant. 



The tree is of a more upright habit than the lat- 

 ter, and may be distinguished from the common red 

 by its branches being more extended into a hori- 



