300 



Bush-Fruits 



Fig. 40. Ribes vulgar e (X 2 /3). 



nigrum, Linn. (Fig. 41). This species, like the red cur- 

 rants, readily adapts itself to American conditions, but the 

 American people have not so readily adapted their tastes 

 to its peculiar flavor. It has never become a popular fruit 

 in the United States. 



The American black currant, Ribes americanum, Mill., 

 formerly known as R. floridum, seems to possess all the 



