GROSSULARIA, CURRANT BUSH. 267 



III. Cultivated CURRANT BUSH with large flesh-colored fruit. 

 CURRANT BUSH with large, flesh-colored fruit. 



This currant bush appears to be another variety of n°.l. 



IV. Cultivated CURRANT BUSH with pearl-like fruit. C. B. P. 

 CURRANT BUSH with white fruit. Pearly currant. 



This currant bush is a variety of the common currant bush. Its fruit is bigger & 

 less tart. I won't discuss the other varieties that have leaves streaked with white & with 

 leaves variegated with yellow. They are not worth cultivating for their fruit. 



Lately I obtained a currant bush with sweet fruit that had leaves that were much 

 smaller than those of the preceding ones. The material of the leaves is sturdier, & their 

 lobes are longer. 



V. CURRANT BUSH with no thorns and with large black fruit. C. B. P. 

 CURRANT BUSH with black fruit. Cassis. Pepper plant. 



[Translator's note: the blackcurrant or cassis plant is now designated Ribes nigrum.] 



The cassis plant is less bushy than the common currant bush. 



Its shoots are a yellowish color. 



The leaves are a bit larger than those of the common currant bush. Their surface is 

 smoother & their denticulation is much sharper. The lobes are longer and terminate in a 

 more uniform point. They have quite a strong odor. They often droop as though they 

 were suffering from dryness. 



The flowers are fashioned like those of the common currant bush. The cup of the 

 calyx isn't very deep. Its sections are larger & tinged with light purple at their tips. The 

 petals are larger as well. The flowers are arranged in clusters but they rarely have more 

 than ten or eleven blossoms. 



The clusters of fruit usually only have five or six currants, 



