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Flesh quite firm, colored, subacid, very good. Pistillate. Popular as 

 a market variety across the continent. Illinois. 



Williams. Medium to large, roundish conical; color dark crimson. 

 Flesh red; quality very good. Flowers perfect. A seedling of 

 Sharpless, coming into favor. Canada. 



Wilson (Wilson's Albany). Medium, conical; color red and 

 crimson. Flesh fairly firm, colored, quite acid, but pleasant when 

 fully ripe. One of the oldest varieties, but it is yet doubly starred in 

 several States. New York. 



Wm. Belt. Large to very large, usually conical, but very irregular. 

 Flesh pink and white, subacid, good. A late Ohio variety, grown for 

 the fancy market quite largely. Perfect. Does not endure drouth 

 well. 



Windsor Chief. Large, even-sized, roundish conical; color red and 

 crimson. Holds its size well to end of season. Stands drouth well 

 at the West. Its value not yet recognized. Flowers pistillate. 



Woolverton. Large to very large, roundish conical ; color crimson, 

 with crimson seeds. Flesh red, solid, mildly acid; quality variable; 

 not enough acid usually, but showy and sells well. Flowers perfect. 

 Canada. 



THE CURRANT. 



Cultivated varieties are grown in the United States belonging to 

 four distinct species. Ribes rubrum includes the red and white 

 varieties of this country and Europe; Ribes nigrum includes the 

 European black currants prized by our foreign settlers for culinary 

 use; Ribes Americanum is the native black currant, which is very 

 similar to the European, but with smaller fruit, and as yet but little 

 attention has been given to its improvement or the selection of its 

 best varieties; Ribes au^ar/i is a native species, with black fruit, but 

 very distinct as a species, and some of its varieties are in cultivation. 

 For propagation and management see Chapter XX of Part I. 



RED AND WHITE CURRANTS (Ribes rubrum). 



Albert (Prince Albert). A vigorous upright variety; bunch rather 

 short but compact; berry medium to large, pale red, and ripens late. 

 A favorite variety for canning. Another thing in its favor is that it 

 holds its leaves until the wood-cells are perfectly stored with starch in 

 autumn. 



