CUKKANT. 



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than forty years, and when, a few years since, I informed 

 him of my purpose of writing this book, and requested 

 his assistance particularly upon the Currant and Rasp- 

 berry, he cheerfully took hold of the work, and in addi- 

 tion to his then very complete collection, he sent to the 

 different growers of Europe and of this country for speci- 

 mens of all the new, as well as old varieties. Not depend- 

 ing upon one importation, he has obtained a new set almost 

 every year, and by keeping them separate, we have had 

 an opportunity of determining which were really distinct 

 varieties. For the past three seasons we have met, at the 

 time the fruit was ripe, and gone over the entire collec- 

 tion, carefully comparing them, and the following list is 

 the result : 



Fig. 86. LEAF OP ATTRACTOR. 



Attractor, Large, yellowish- white ; bunch medium, 

 loose. A slow grower, but quite productive. Not equal 



