1905 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



227 



CHATAUQUA. 



Origin : New York State. 



Plant: vigorous; very productive. 



BuNOH : long ; compact. 



Fkuit : deep, bright red; about size of the Cherry currant; flavor acid. 



Qu.\LiTl- : good. 



Value: market first class. 



Season : medium. 



CRANDALL. 



This interesting currant is of very doubtful value for the currant plantatioUj for 

 canning. It is of the Bibes aureum type, or flowering currant, and was jiroduced 

 from seed of that variety by Mr. Crandall. 



Origin : Kansas. 



Bush: upright, spreading, hardy, healthy, vigorous, rampant and moderately pro- 

 ductive. 



Bunch : short, compact. 



Berry: variable in size; bluish black; skin thick; flavor sprightly, sub-acid. 



Season : medium to late ; ripens unevenly, some of the later berries hanging until 

 frost. 



FAY. (Fai/'s trohpc). 



A variety that has been much ad- 

 rertised as superior to the Cherry, 

 but, as a matter of fact, is very sim- 

 ilar in fruit and in productiveness. 



Origin : New York State. 



Bush : vigoious, but sprawling, 



and somewhat subject to the borer 



where the shoots are not frequently 

 renewed ; productive. 



Bunch : moderately close, loose 

 toward the base. 



Berry: very large, globular; 

 bright red; firm; flavor subacid. 



Quality: good. 



Value : first class for market. 



Season : medium to late. 



Fat. 



