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he raised are desirable acquisitions, one of them being 

 nearly a fortnight earlier than the old kinds, and another 

 having much larger berries. We do not doubt but that the 

 currant is as susceptible of improvement as the gooseberry, 

 strawberry or other fruits. In our last volume, (VIII. p. 

 324,) in an article on the cultivation of the currant, we 

 alluded to the production of new varieties by means of 

 seedlings, and those who wish to try the experiment are 

 invited to a perusal of that paper. 



Those marked thus * are the sorts most worth culti- 

 vating. 



§ I. Black Currants. 



1. Black Grape. — Synonym: Ogden's Black grape. 



2*. Black Naples. — Larger than any other variety of 

 Black currant. Synonym : New Black. [This is the 

 same variety noticed in our Vol. VII. p. 373, as then fruiting 

 in the nursery of Mr. C. Downing, of Newburgh. The 

 present season we have fruited it in our garden, and find 

 it to be a large and superior variety.] 



3. Common Black. — Synonym: Cassis, (of the French.) 



4. Russian Green. 



§ 2. Red Currants. 



5*. Red Dutch. — Synonyms : Large Red Dutch, New 

 Red Dutch, Large Red, Large Bunched Red, Morgan's 

 Red, Red Grape, Groseiller Rouge a Gros Fruit. 



6*. Knighfs Large Red. — Larger than the Red Dutch. 

 Synonym : Knight's No. 3. 



7*. Knighfs Sweet Red Currant. — Less acid than the 

 others. 



8. Knighfs Early Red. — Synomjm : Knight's No. 7. 



9. Champagne. — Synonynn : Groseiller a Fruit Couleur 

 de Chair. 



10. Striped Fruited. — Fruit distinctly striped, with white 

 and red. Synonym: Grosse Weiss und Rothgestreifte 

 Johannisbeere. 



§ 3. White Currants. 



11=^. White Dutch.— Synonyms : New White Dutch, 

 Jeeves's White, Morgan's White, White Chrystal, White 

 Leghorn, Pearl White, (of some.) 



12. Pearl White. — Synonym : Blanc Perle. 



13. Speary^s White. 



