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sugar takes the edge off of it & makes it pleasant. Inside the large currants there are eight 

 to twelve oval seeds about a ligne long and half a ligne wide, & in the small ones there 

 are from four to eight of them. They're attached to a common fiber by very slender 

 filaments. 



SPECIES AND VARIETIES. 



I. Cultivated CURRANT BUSH with large red fruit. C. B. P. 



CURRANT BUSH with large red fruit. (PL I) 

 [Translator's note: this species is now Ribes rubrum.] 



This currant bush is larger & more vigorous than the ones below. Its shoots are 

 big & strong & the dimensions of its leaves are larger than those mentioned above in the 

 description of this species. 



The clusters are beautiful & have a large number of currants. The biggest ones 

 are five lignes in diameter and almost the same in height. The skin is a beautiful light red. 

 The juice has a light tinge of red, & it has a pleasantly tart flavor when the fruit is 

 thoroughly ripe. 



II. Cultivated CURRANT BUSH with large white fruit. H. R. P. 

 CURRANT BUSH with large white fruit. 



This is a variety of the preceding one. The only difference is in the color of the 

 fruit & in the tartness of its juice that is much less sharp. Several gardeners confuse it 

 with the currant bush with pearly fruit, n°A 



Currant bushes with large currants, both the red and the white, deserve to be 

 cultivated more than any of the others. Their fruit is pleasant to eat fresh, in compotes, & 

 in preserves, as long as the latter are prepared before the fruit is completely ripe. 

 Otherwise there won't be enough acidity in it. 



