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strujtivc. On its first appearance, if confined to a few 

 leaves, these should be cut off, shoot and all, and de- 

 stroyed. If they threaten to be troublesome, powdered 

 White Hellebore or Persian Insect Powder, either dusted 

 on or mixed four ounces to a pailful of water and applied 

 with a syringe, will destroy them at once. Of course 

 these poisonous remedies can only be used before the fruit 

 is ripe. 



Fay's Prolific. Color reddish amber; berries and bunch 

 large; flavor excellent. Au abundant bearer, and a most 

 beautiful and desirable fruit for dessert. (Figure 99.) 



Black Naples. This is the favorite black variety, and 

 is used almost exclusively for jams and jellies. The 

 black varieties are much less grown here than in Europe, 

 but the taste for them is increasing. 



Blade Champion. An improved variety of Black Cur- 

 rant, with dense clusters, very prolific, and decidedly 

 superior in flavor to the preceding. The bunches, how- 

 ever, are hardly so large. (Figure 100.) 



IV /lite Grape. Berries large, of a yellowish-white 

 color. The flavor of this variety is less acid than any 

 other. Excellent for dessert. 



Cherry. Berries larger than that of any other sort, 

 but too acid for most tastes, and only suitable for jelly. 



GOOSEBERRY. 



The Gooseberry is a fruit better suited for the climate 

 of Great Britain than for ours, and it is rarely seen here 

 in the perfection it attains there. It ripens just when 

 our hottest weather occurs, forcing it unnaturally to 

 maturity, and hence the absence of the size and flavor 

 it attains when ripened at a lower temperature. The 

 native varieties, though far inferior in size and quality, 

 are usually more free from mildew, and are therefore 

 most desirable for cultivation here, as the fruit with us 

 is more used in the green than in the ripe state. Goose- 



