SEPTEMBER. 



425 



THE CHERRY CURRANT. 



BY THE EDITOR. 



The Cherry Currant has been introdnced some five or six 

 years, and is now somewhat extensively cultivated. For, 

 notwithstanding it is scarcely so fine a fruit as the old Red 



Dutch, or the Victoria, the very 

 large size of the berries, the 

 showy appearance of the bunch- 

 es, and the fertility of the plants, 

 will always render it a favorite 

 in any collection. 



The fruit attains a very large 

 size ; we have grown them very 

 handsomely ourselves, and have 

 seen fine specimens from various 

 cultivators, but none so large as, 

 the specimen of which we now 

 give an engraving, (fig. 19,^ 

 raised by Capt. Geo. Wilson of 

 Marblehead, Mass., the berries of 

 which measured seven tenths of 

 an inch in diameter. 



The bushes are very vigorous, 

 making strong, stout wood, with 

 large, thick, and dark green fol- 

 iage. We annex a description : 



Fi^iiit, very large, five to seven 

 tenths of an inch in diameter, 

 round : Clustei'S, medium size, 

 usually containing eleven to thir- 

 teen berries : Color , bright red, 

 semi-transparent, showing its large 

 seeds through the surface : Juice^ abundant, but rather 

 acid : Seeds, large. 



The currant needs some attention to produce such fine 

 specimens as those raised by Mr. Wilson ; the bushes also- 



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