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Cherry. — ^The largest Eed CurraBt, very showy, and sells 

 well in market. Is hardly as productive in our climate as the 

 Eed Dutch, and decidedly more acid. Bunches quite short. 



Gloire de Sablons. — A very prettily striped variety, red and 

 white, but small in size, and valuable chiefly for its ornamental 

 appearance. 



La Versaillaise. — So very closely resembling the Cherry 

 Currant in size, color and flavor, that having the one we have 

 no occasion for the other. 



Eed Dutch. — This old, well known and long tried sort is 

 yet a very valuable variety, of good size, fine color, rich acid 

 flavor, long clusters and exceedingly productive. 



Victoria. — A valuable, late ripening sort. The fruit is of a 

 bright red color, as large as the Eed Dutch. The bxmches are 

 very long, and hang a fortnight longer than other sorts. It is 

 an abundant bearer, and greatly lengthens the Currant season. 



White Grape. — The best T7hite Currant ; berries very large^ 

 not so acid as the red varieties, and of good flavor. An exceed- 

 ingly productive and valuable sort. 



THE GOOSEBEEEY. 



In the climate of Great Britain, the Gooseberry is grown in 

 great perfection, but with us, it is only iu comparatively a few 

 favored localities that any good measxire of success crowns our 

 efforts. It is usual for cultivators to say, that the mildew is so 

 bad that it destroys the crop, and even ruins the plants. For 

 all practical purposes, this statement is sufficiently exact, though 

 the real difficulty lies, not in the mildew, but in such a condition 

 of the epidermis or outer skin of the leaves and fruit of the 

 Gooseberry, as to provide a suitable bed for the growth of the 

 minute fungoid plants which constitute mildew. This condition 

 is doubtless produced by a state of atmosphere incidental to the 

 climate of this country, the effects of which we do not know how 

 fully to counteract. 



