84 FRUIT-GARDENING. 



WHITE CRYSTAL, White Grape. An excellent variety, the 

 berries of which are large, and of a beautiful clear transparent 

 brilliancy ; hence its name. 



WHITE DUTCH. This variety is held in great esteem for 

 different purposes ; the clusters and berries are large, of a yel- 

 lowish-white color, and delicious flavor. The bushes are 

 often so productive that the branches of the bearing-wood trail 

 beneath the weight of the fruit. 



MISSOURI CURRANT. This species is quite distinct from the 

 ordinary kinds ; its berries are purple, and although of rather 

 agreeable flavor, they are not to be compared with those 

 under general cultivation. 



To these may be added Knight's Sweet Red, Wilmofs Large 

 Red, Wentworth Red, Victoria, and Green Fruited, and some 

 other kinds. 



Some nursery-men's catalogues contain many other names, a 

 great proportion of which are, probably, a repetition of the 

 same fruit. Where the Currant is cultivated for the purpose 

 of making wine, the White and Red Dutch are to be preferred 

 to all others. For the dessert, the White Crystal and Cham- 

 pagne are great favorites, on account of their transparent 

 clearness. Those bushes growing in the shade produce fruit 

 much inferior to what it would be, were the bushes, exposed to 

 the sunshine and air during most of the day. 



The Currant Worm which destroys the bushes, may be 

 exterminated in the same manner as recommended for the 

 extirpation of the Gooseberry Worm, page 93, which see. 



FIG. 



FIGUIER. Ficus carica. 



The Fig-tree may be propagated from seed, cuttings, layers, 

 suckers, roots, and by grafting ; the most generally approved 



