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THe Rep AND WHITE CURRANT. 
Many varieties of these useful fruits are grown with much success 
in every part of the Dominion. They succeed not only in the Maritime 
and Central Provinces and British Columbia, but also remarkably well 
in Manitoba and the North-west Terri tories, rae j large crops, which 
are grown chiefly for family use, and to s supply the local markets 
ose most esteemed, Victoria, Fay’s plite. Feasting Cherry, 
Red Dutch, and White Gra ape. 
Tue RASPBERRY. 
Many sorts of this useful fruit are cultivated for market in Ca ada, 
and also for canning. The red v varieties, most hardy and oiae 
o their parentage to the native red ras bus strigosus, fro 
which they have been produ y cross-fertilisation and s 
e European sorts, derived from @us, are not un 
snow. 
red varieties chiefly grown are Turner Cuthbert, Philadelphia, 
Brandy Wine, Clarke, Ni ws on Pipes Colossal. Of 
varieties, Caroline and Bunckle’s Ora: 
e black cap raspberries are derived from Rubus occidentalis, and 
the following are among those =r am ve bere moth Cluster, 
Ohi 
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Several varieties of the large cultivated lackey succeeded well in 
Ontario, Nova Scotia, and British Columbi The Kittatinny ard the 
Wilson’s Early bear heavy crops in some P Iobalition, but the Snyder, 
rte not quite so large, is more generally grown on account of its 
greater hardiness and uniform be Many other sorts are 
being tested in different parts of the Dominio 
THE STRAWBERRY 
Is silo eae eee and extensively cultivated than any other 
of the ll fruits. Ripening early in the sammer, when no other 
r of 
Triumph, Crescent, Cornelia, Charles Downing, Daniel Boone, eld 
Canada, Glendale, James Vick, Jersey Queen, Manchester, Mrs. Garfield 
President Wilder, Sharpless, and Wilson’ s Albany. 
Witp FRUITS. 
The Blueberry. 
Under this general term the fruits of several species of Vaccinium 
are included, which are found growing in all parts of Can nada, but most 
abundantly in, rocky "á sandy districts. The varieties which yield 
the larger part of the fruit found in commerce are Vaccinium e 
dense, V. Pennsylvanicum, and V. corymbosum. Immense quantit 
of blueberries are sent to the cities and towns of Canada, being g atai 
by the settlers in the back townships and by the Indians. 
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