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White Dutch and inferior to it in appearance, flavor, and quality. 

 Geneva (N. Y.) Exp. Sta. Bull. 95: 427. 



Chautauqua (Climbing). Found in the woods by R. F. Lonnen, 

 Mayville, N. Y., about 1893. Introduced by The Curtice Nursery 

 Company about 1902. Plants large, vigorous, upright-spreading, 

 healthy and very productive. Stems unusually long, free from berries 

 at the base. Fruit of good size, light red, of high quality, and hanging 

 well after ripening. One of the most promising varieties at the 

 Geneva, N. Y., Experiment Station. The tall spreading growth of 

 the plants led to its being introduced as a climbing currant. It 

 can be trained to a trellis if desired. Plate XI. 



Cherry. Obtained from Italy by M. Adrienne Seneclause, a dis- 

 tinguished horticulturist of France. He received it among a lot of 

 other currants known there under the name Ribes acerifolium. He 

 gave it the name owing to the size of the fruit. It was fruited at 

 the Museum of Natural History in 1843, and from the plants there 

 grown was figured in the "Annales de Flore et de Pomone" for Feb. 

 1844. (Roe says 1848.) It was brought to the notice of fruit- 

 growers in the United States by Dr. William W. Valk, of Flushing, 

 L. I., in 1846. 1 It was figured in the Horticulturist as a frontispiece 

 to the volume for 1854; also in Hovey's Magazine, 1855, p. 425. A 

 popular well-known variety largely planted both for market and 

 home use. Described as vigorous, stocky, and compact when young, 

 but becoming spreading with age, not suckering as freely as other 

 kinds. Fruit borne in short-stemmed clusters close to the wood, 

 which renders it somewhat difficult to pick. Fruit averaging large, 

 though not uniformly so, juicy, and fine flavored. Color bright red. 



Comet. A British variety so nearly like Fay as to be practically 

 identical, if not the same. Said to have originated in Guernsey. 



Dana White. A white variety raised in Massachusetts. Fuller 

 says that he obtained, from what he supposed to be a reliable source 

 five distinct varieties under this name. 



Diploma. Originated by Jacob Moore of Brighton, N. Y., from 



seeds of Cherry crossed with White Grape, sown in 1885. Introduced 



by Charles A. Green in 1906. Plant vigorous, upright, productive, 



bearing long clusters. Fruit light red, more transparent than other 



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