THE GEKESEE FARMER. 



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CnSBANTS. 



OHEEEY OUEKANT AND COMMON BED DUTCH 

 VAEIKTY — CUERANT JELLY. 



3. Genesee Faemee : My neighbor has a num- 

 f bushes of the cherry currant growing side 

 le with the common, or Red Dutch currant, 

 •ong, rather low, and rich soil. I stepped in 

 ;her afternoon that I might avail myself of the 

 •tunity of contrasting these two varieties in 

 eight, of the fruiting season. I found the 

 « of each of a good bearing age, under good 

 |*e, and with room suflBcient to develop them, 

 iherry variety had darker colored, stouter and 

 homer looking leaves, while the common sort 

 inore leaves, and they kept the fruit better 

 |d. The cherry currant was of a more rugged, 

 I habit of growth, while the branches of the 

 iion sort were more curved, and in this way 

 [better protection to the fruit. The fruit of 

 Iherry was somewhat larger, but not longer 

 lied than the common sort, and in quantity 

 ield was considerably less. I noticed that the 

 jf the cherry had rotted on the bunches in 

 roportiou of not far from one-third of the 

 while the common sort had not lost half this 

 rtion ; owing, I inferred, to the protection 

 ' alluded to. The acidity of the cherry was 

 great as some statements had led me to an- 

 te. I found but little difference between it 

 he Red Dutch. 



sum of ray conclusion was to make no in- 

 lent in cherry currants. For a number of 

 past I have compared the Victoria with the 

 3utch. Under the same cultivation the Vic- 

 will produce longer bunches than the Red 

 h, with a fine long stem, bare of fruit for an 

 or more, where it connects with the branch, 

 ti enables even a careless one to pick the 

 without " squatting " it. If the Red Dutch 

 res good cultivation, by which I mean has 

 ient room allowed it, is kept mostly or en- 

 free of suckers, and has about one-half of 

 rowth of the previous season trimmed off be- 

 he buds start in the spring, a marked change 

 >duced ; instead of the jammed masses of 

 stemmed bunches, so common and so diffi- 

 X) pick without crushing the fruit, the bunches 

 of great length, (I have counted twenty-one 

 nts on a bunch,) with as much of the stem 

 )f fruit, and thus facilitate rapid gathering, as 

 he Victoria, Under the same system of cul- 

 bon the Red Dutch will yield a greater quan- 

 f fruit than the Victoria, 

 ose who raise currants for the market will find 

 >atly to their interest to give them good culti- 

 n, as by so doing they not only increase the 

 md quantity of the fruit, b«t get bunches so 

 longer and are so much more easily gathered 

 the cost of picking will be reduced one- 



e La Versaillaise comes highly recommended, 

 f its merits I have had as yet no personal ex- 

 ace. To those who fancy an unique variety, 

 rant, striped red and white, (the name I can 

 his moment recall,) presents a singular ap- 

 ,nce. It is quite acid, I do not recommend 



eating purposes, excepting only such as grow 



own sugar. 



A single hint to those making currant jelly. The 

 simplest process is this ; take a pound of white 

 sugar to a pint of juice, boil the juice separately 

 for five minutes, meanwhile heating the sugar very 

 hot in an oven ; stir the sugar into the juice, and 

 boil one minute. A nice flavoring can be obtained 

 by adding a very small quantity of raspberry juice 

 before boiling. James J. H. Geegoey. 



Marilekead, Massachtisdts. 



A JAPANESE GRAPE. 



In the Genesee Farmer for June, 1861, page 187, 



we published the following : 



Mr. R. Foetttne, in his last letter from Japan to 

 the London Gardeners' Chronicle, mentions a 

 grape that grows about Yeddo, that he thinks 

 worthy of introduction into this country. He 

 says: 



" The vine of this district, -which you may as 

 well name at once the "Yeddo vine," produces a 

 fruit of great excellence. The bunches are medium 

 sized, the berries are of a brownish color, thin- 

 skinned, and the flavor is all that can be desired. 

 This grape may be valued in England, where we 

 have so many fine kinds, and most certainly will 

 be highly prized in the United States of America. 

 A few years ago I was traveling from Malta to 

 Grand Cairo, in company with Mr. Beyant, the 

 celebrated American poet, and a genuine lover of 

 horticultural pursuits. This gentleman informed 

 me that, owing to some cause, our European vines 

 did not succeed much on the other side of the At- 

 lantic, and suggested the importance of intro- 

 ducing varieties from, China, where the climate, 

 as regards extremes of heat and cold, is much like 

 that of the United States. I had never met with 

 what I considered a really good variety of grape 

 in China, and therefore have not been able to act 

 on Mr. Beyant's suggestion. At last, however, 

 we have a subject for the experiment, and I urged 

 its impoatance on Dr. Hall, who is an American 

 citizen, and who has already introduced a number 

 of plants to his country from China. He enters 

 warmly into the matter, and no doubt will accom- 

 plish the object in view. I therefore conclude 

 this article, by giving notice to your readers on the 

 other side of the water to look out for the arrival 

 of the "Yeddo vine." 



We hope to hear of the arrival of the " Yeddo 

 vine." 



"We understand that this grape has been received 

 by Messrs. Paesons & Co., of Flushing, IST. Y. It 

 is said that they intend to send out young vines of 

 this variety the present autumn, that it may be 

 extensively tried in different parts of the country. 

 In what way it is to be distributed is not stated. 



T&E Philadelphia Raspbeeey. — The editor of 

 the Oermantown Telegraph, who is Tery cautious 

 how he recommends new fruits, speaks highly of 

 this seedling raspberry, raised by Mr. Fulton, of 

 Philadelphia. It is very productive and of excel- 

 lent quality, and firm enongh for marketing. 



