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syringe. The liquid kills eA^ery worm it touches. Applications' 

 should be continued while any of the pests remain, and if 

 attacked in time they can soon be destroyed. 



The other enemy is a worm called the currant borer, and its 

 presence is known by the wood shriveling, or the foliage turning 

 yellow. Cut off" the infested branches close to the ground, and 

 burn them. If currants are grown in bush form, which is the 

 better way, they can seldom destroy a plant, but when the 

 plants are pruned into miniature trees with a single stem, the 

 borer is often fatal to them. 



The same general principles apply to the culture of black cur- 

 rants, only bearing in mind that being larger and coarser in their 

 growth, they require more room, and need less pruning. 



Varieties. 



There are but comparatively few kinds of currants worth 

 cultivating, except as the amateur amuses himself with vnriety. 

 I shall merely name those which are best, and which furnish all 

 the qualities desirable for home use and market. 



Old Red Dutch.-^-Too well known to need description. 

 But if those people who leave their bushes to fight with grass 

 and burdocks, and to fruit upon the same wood for generations, 

 should happen to see this old friend enjoying good cultivation 

 and rigorous pruning, they would declare that it was a new and 

 choice variety. I have been told of instances where the common 

 Red Dutch was sold in market for Cherry currants. There is 

 scarcely a fruit which high cultivation improves more, and it is 

 an open question whether it is not the most profitable kind tn 

 raise, since, from its enormous bearing qualities, what is lost i i 

 size and sliowiness is made up in weight. I find that many urc 

 inclined to think that if it received as good treatment as Cheriy 

 and Versailles, it would be equally profitable. It is also one of 

 the sweetest and best flavored when fully ripe. 



Oherryi — The largest and most showy of the red currants, 



