The Versaillaise Currant. 



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posed by some writers to be identical ; the bunch being longer, the berries 

 not quite as large as the cherr}-, and decidedly less acid and watery. 



THE VERSAILLAISE CURKANT. 



Our illustration is from a bunch raised by W. H. Barnes, Esq., of 

 Boston Highlands, who received the first premium for the best red cur- 

 rants, from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



