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and the great market variety. It is acid and not first quality in 

 flavor, but its beauty and size make it the favorite for market. 

 The bunches are very variable, some being small, and consisting 

 of only two or three berries, others quite long and large, but not 

 tapering like other kinds. It is a coarse grower and gross feeder, 

 requiring rich soil and high cultivation. The young shoots are 

 very strong and stocky. The bushes need a great deal of judi- 

 cious pruning, for the old wood has a tendency to become naked 

 and barren. But in most localities it is one of the most profitable 

 crops that can be raised. 



Versailles, — if this is a distinct variety, it resembles the 

 Cherry so closely that it is difficult to tell them apart. It is 

 claimed that it is not so acid, and that the bunches are longer 

 and more tapering. Even so high an authority as A. S. Fuller 

 writes : 



" Although I am not ready to say positively that there is no 

 distinct variety to whicK the name Versailles belongs, still I have 

 not yet been able to obtain one in which really distinct and per- 

 manent variations can be discovered. I shall be most happy to 

 receive any information from other growers which shall enable 

 me to decide this very perplexing question.'' Mr. Downing says 

 that the difference consists in some of the bunches of the Ver- 

 sailles — not all of them — being longer and more tapering than 

 those of the Cherry. 



1 have made two large plantings from stock that came origi- 

 nally from Charles Dowming's place, and which I know to be nure, 

 and shall carefully observe all differences. But those purchasing 

 the Versailles with the expectation of getting something very 

 different and much better than the Cherry should be undeceived. 



Victoria, — This k a valuable late variety, large and of bright 

 red color ; acid, but of good, sprightly flavor. The bunches are 

 very long, and the plant moderately vigorous and exceedingly 

 productive. 



White Grape. — The best of the white currants, large, trans- 



