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containing few berries of sweet, musky flavor. He says that it is 

 a slight improvement upon the common wild black currant, which 

 may be fonnd in almost any low, moist woods. 



RECOMMENDED VARIETIES 



For a general -purpose currant, the Victoria is prob- 

 ably most popular. The Red Dutch is too small, 

 but succeeds well on the Plains. Cherry and Versailles 

 are standard varieties for large size. Fay is to be 

 recommended when given extra good care. Prince Al- 

 bert is very productive, and excellent for jelly and can- 

 ning; very sour. Wilder is one of the most promising 

 recent varieties. White currants are little grown for 

 market. For dessert use, White Imperial is best, but 

 White Grape is the most popular variety. 



Beach makes the following summary of varieties of 

 currants : * 



"The yields of the red currants at this station that 

 are in full bearing may be compared by consulting the 

 following table, which shows the average yield per 

 plant in pounds for the last three seasons combined: 



Average yield 

 Name per plant 



j Cherry 5.15 



Fay 4.70 



Gloire des Sablons 2.07 



London Red 7.14 



Prince Albert 8.86 



Victoria 6.25 



"It appears from this table that for this locality, at 



*Bull. 25, N. Y. State Exp. Sta. 



