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white varieties. There is, however, quite a differ- 
ence in the several varieties of white and red. 
Some of them are very erect, like Cherry, and 
others very decidedly spreading, like the Ver- 
sailles and Fay. I should set my currants in rows, 
about five or six feet apart, and three feet in the 
row. If you wish to cultivate both ways, set your 
plants about five feet apart each way. 
For varieties select, first of all, for home use, 
White Grape and Versailles. The White Grape 
is a yellowish-white currant, of most delicious 
quality and large size, and it is prolific in its 
bearing. The Versailles is, in my judgment, the 
very model of red currants for beauty, bunch, 
growth, and quality of fruit. Fay’s Prolific is an- 
other red variety, scarcely to be distinguished from 
Versailles, except that the bush is not so firm and 
erect. It is a very popular currant, but not one 
whit better than Versailles in any respect, and not 
so good in a few particulars. Among the newer 
varieties North Star is recommended as having 
long stems; White Imperial as being an improve- 
ment on White Grape; London Market as being 
extremely vigorous in growth and an enormous 
cropper; Pomona as being an enormous yielder of 
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