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Dutch when under good culture. The best dessert variety yet tested, 

 on account of its mild acid and excellent flavor. Grown in all the 

 northern States for home use and market. 



Wilder. Berry nearly as large as Fay Avith very good quality; 

 bush vigorous, healthy, and heavy bearing. It has rapidly ad- 

 vanced in favor with home and commercial growers. 



EUROPEAN BLACK CURRANTS. 



Baldwin. Fruit medium in size, with less acid than Black Naples, 

 and it ripens ten days later. Better for canning than most European 

 varieties. 



Black Naples. Fruit large, black, grown in small clusters. If 

 properly pruned and treated as noted in Section 266 it is a heavy 

 bearer and the fruit excellent when canned or stewed. 



Champion. Large, black, borne in short clusters. It is less acid 

 and less musky than Black Naples; bush is more dwarfed in habit 

 than usual with the species. 



English Black. Fruit medium to large; noted for even ripening 

 of the crop; quality not quite equal to Black Naples. 



Lee (Lee's Prolific). Large to very large; quality about like 

 Champion; bush dwarfish in habit, vigorous, very productive. Grown 

 commercially. 



Saunders. Large, mild-flavored, very productive; quality for 

 culinary use very good. Originated in Canada. 



Wales (Prince of Wales). Large, with proper pruning, and a 

 heavy bearer. Flesh nearly sweet when ripe. Most popular of the 

 species across the continent. Canada. 



THE GOLDEN OR BUFFALO CURRANT (Ribes aurcum). 



Crandall. Large as Black Naples when properly pruned (267), 

 and wholly free from the odor of the English species. The true variety 

 is also a remarkable bearer, and far better for culinary use than the 

 English varieties. It has been much mixed by growing from seeds. 



Deseret. A still larger variety, grown in Utah, of about the same 

 quality. This can be grown in the dry region of the Southwest 

 where other currants fail. 



Jelly. A variety of this species sent out by R. H. Blair & Com- 

 pany of Missouri. As tested by the writer and the New York Ex- 

 periment Station the fruit averages larger than Crandall and is more 



