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white varieties. There is, however, quite a differ- 

 ence in the several varieties of white and red. 

 Some of them are very erect, like Cherry, and 

 others very decidedly spreading, like the Ver- 

 sailles and Fay. I should set my currants in rows, 

 about five or six feet apart, and three feet in the 

 row. If you wish to cultivate both ways, set your 

 plants about five feet apart each way. 



For varieties select, first of all, for home use, 

 White Grape and Versailles. The White Grape 

 is a yellowish-white currant, of most delicious 

 quality and large size, and it is prolific in its 

 bearing. The Versailles is, in my judgment, the 

 very model of red currants for beauty, bunch, 

 growth, and quality of fruit. Fay's Prolific is an- 

 other red variety, scarcely to be distinguished from 

 Versailles, except that the bush is not so firm and 

 erect. It is a very popular currant, but not one 

 whit better than Versailles in any respect, and not 

 so good in a few particulars. Among the newer 

 varieties North Star is recommended as having 

 long stems; White Imperial as being an improve- 

 ment on White Grape; London Market as being 

 extremely vigorous in growth and an enormous 

 cropper; Pomona as being an enormous yielder of 



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