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small-sized fruit; Perfection as being an improve- 

 ment on Fay, with the flavor of the White Grape, 

 while Wilder is a very strong grower, and very pro- 

 ductive, rivaling the Fay in size. All of these that 

 I have tried are either inferior to White Grape and 

 Versailles, or nearly identical with them. I am in- 

 clined to think that Perfection, at least, will be an 

 improvement. It was originated by C. C. Hooker, 

 of Rochester, N. Y., and is a cross of Fay with 

 White Grape. Of black currants the Champion 

 has been generally planted, but Black Victoria is 

 an improvement in productiveness, flavor, and size 

 of the berry. 



Currant seedlings are easily started, and, if seed 

 is selected from the choicest varieties, we are sure 

 to get interesting results. Some day we are to 

 have a currant as large as a gooseberry or cherry, 

 but I do not think we shall ever improve the flavor 

 of the White Grape. Among my own seedlings I 

 have a bush that stands seven feet high, with di- 

 ameter of five to six feet, perfect branching, and 

 bearing enormous loads of fruit equal in size to 

 Fay. 



The gooseberry should be grown almost all ways 

 precisely like the currant. The rows should run, 



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