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Black, and the Black Naples. The latter is accounted the 
preferable sort. The black currant thrives best in a moist, 
deep soil, and.shady situation. Its culture is much the 
same as that of the other currants, but the young. shoota 
are not spurred. All the pruning necessary is to keep the 
branches free of each other, and to promote a succession rok 
young ‘wood. : a 
The American Congress of Fruit-growers at its mieeting 
in the city of New York in 1849, recommended the follow- 
ing as the best varieties of currants for. cultivation: Red 
Dutch, Black Naples, White Dutch, Maye Victoria, and 
White aia ot 
Tar rca oasis distinguished two species; 
Ribes Grossularia, or rough-fruited gooseberry ; anid Ribes 
uva crispa, or smooth-fruited gooseberry. ‘The gooseberry 
has always been a favorite fruit in Great Britain, and is 
said to be produced in the middle districts of the island in 
greater perfection than in any other part of the world. 
Many very large sorts have originated in Lancashire, where 
the culture has been carried to a high degree of refinement ; 
but it is to be regretted that weight seems, unreasonably 
enough, to be regarded in the prize competitions in that 
duchy as the so/e criterion of excellence. Berries of twenty 
or even twenty-four pennyweights are boasted of ; but such 
Goliaths are almost always inferior in flavor. The follow- 
ing are some of those sorts recommended in the catalogue 
of the London Horticultural Society. — te 
Red.—Red Champagne, Ironmonger, Rob Roy, Small 
Red Globe, Keen’s Seedling, Lord of the Menor Leigh’s 
Rifleman, Red Warrington, Wellington’s Glory, Biapley ® 
Black Prince. 
‘Yellow.—Yellow Ashton, Yellow Champagne, Golden 
