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if the crop, generally, had not been short we should have had diffi- 

 culty in getting rid of them. You can sell five quarts of red cur- 

 rants where you can one of white, and we have to sacrifice on our 

 white currants. It is the color that people want to buy ; if they bu}' 

 for jelly they want a brilliant jelly. We set about four feet apart 

 one way and three the other. Growing in a pear orchard they do 

 nicely, and so do the pears. For the currant worm, I would recom- 

 mend hellebore in solution. Syringe or sprinkle the bushes early. 

 Do not wait until the worms have half eaten off the foliage. It is 

 very easy to keep them under control. If you take it in the first of 

 the season and are right down thorough, going over the entire lot of 

 bushes, and follow it up, you will find that it will be almost needless 

 to do it the next year. Sometimes we pass over a year or two 

 after a very thorough war against them, without seeing much of 

 them. But, as a matter of precaution, we calculate to go over the 

 bushes at least twice during the season. A great many plants will 

 not have any on tliem ; here and there there will be a bush that 

 needs s^^inging pretty thoroughly. It is a good crop to raise to a 

 certain extent, if you don't get the market overstocked. 



Question. What is the best variety of currants. 



Mr. Augur. Before having Fay's Prolific we had decided that the 

 La Versaillaise was the best currant. There is not a great difference 

 between that and the Cherry. We are inclined to put Fay's Prolific 

 a little ahead. The Red Dutch is very productive, but the berry is 

 smaller. The Victoria is rather too late. That is a point that any 

 one planting for the market must look at. Late in the season, 

 whether the currants are over-ripe or not, people are afraid of it. 

 When currants get over-ripe they do not make jelly well and people 

 are afraid of that. 



Question. How much hellebore should be used to a gallon of 

 water ; and should the water be cold or hot ? 



Mr. Augur. A table-spoonful is sufficient. We do not heat the 

 water. We mix it in thoroughly a little beforehand. 



Mr. Atherton. Mr. Augur was particular to emphasize the mat- 

 ter of rotation in the planting of strawberries. I thought he was 

 rather extreme. I know that that view, of one year being suffi- 

 cient to run a strawberry plant, is carried out by those who culti- 

 vate the strawberry upon a large scale ; but is that advisable always ? 

 It would seem as though that extreme doctrine might discourage 

 some who wish to cultivate, not largely, but in a small way. In such 



