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THE BLACK NAPLES CURRANT 



Black Naples. Hort. Soc.' Fruit Cat. p. 187. 



This very good variety of the Black Currant 

 is cultivated in the Garden of the Horticultural 

 Society, where our drawing was made, and is 

 there considered the best of the class. It appears 

 in the catalogues of the principal Scotch Nurseries, 

 and seems to be most known in the northern parts 

 of the kingdom, where it probably originated. 



Its superiority consists, not only in the larger 

 size of the fruit, but in the clusters being more 

 numerous on the bushes, as well as in each cluster 

 bearing a greater number of berries. 



The BUSH spreads but little, its habit being rather 

 upright. 



The LEAVES and BLOSSOMS are produced earlier 

 than those of other varieties; but the FRUIT ripens 

 later : its flavour is similar to that of the other culti- 

 vated Black Currants. 



