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attention in this line. There is no need that the currant 

 should depart widely from the present types, for there is 

 nothing wrong with them. A steady improvement along 

 these same lines, with perhaps a limited reduction in 

 acidity, is all that is needed, and there is no reason why 

 this should not go on as long as horticulture exists. 



The lists in this chapter and the next are intended to 

 catalogue all the varieties of currants and gooseberries 

 which have become prominent in this country up to the 

 close of 1916. 



RED AND WHJTE CURRANTS 



(Ribes vulgare) 



Attractor. A variety from France. Fruit medium to large, 

 yellowish white. Bunches short. 



Berlin Seedling. Appears in the catalogue of the American 

 Pomological Society for 1869. 



Boston Lady. A white variety. Gar. Month. 1860: 250. 



Bronze. Mentioned in Hovey's Magazine for 1861, p. 101. 



Buist Long-bunched. Originated by Robert Buist of Philadelphia, 

 Pa. Fruit similar to Red Dutch in flavor. Bunches long and taper- 

 ing. Leaves large and very thick. 



Caywood Seedling. A seedling received at the Geneva (N. Y.) 

 Experiment Station from A. J. Caywood & Son, of Marlboro, N. Y. 

 Described as a moderate grower, with spreading or drooping 

 branches, very productive. Fruit more acid than the White Grape, 

 of good quality, attractive, translucent, tinged with pale greenish 

 yellow. Bunches of medium size, about two and one-half inches 

 long. Berries large. 



Champagne (Pheasant's Eye, Groseillier a Fruit Couleur de Chair). 

 Of foreign origin. Fruit large, acid, delicate reddish pink, like a 

 cross between the red and white, though the wood, foliage, and 

 growth place it among the reds. 



Champion. A white variety, with berries a shade lighter than 



