42 MISC. PUBLICATION 101, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
FicurRE 7.—Wax currant (Ribes cereum), one of the best known and most widely dis- 
tributed native currants of the West. Its abundance and moderate palatability make 
it a rather important browse in some localities. Like all currants (and gooseberries), 
it concerns the forester wherever 5-needle pines occur, owing to its susceptibility to 
infestation from the white pine blister rust 
Rothrock currant, sometimes called Wolf currant (2. wolfiz), is 
one of the largest species (sometimes 12 feet high), ranging from 
Colorado and Utah to Arizona and New Mexico, in damp, shaded 
