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small, poorly filled loose bunches. One 
of our best late sorts. 
Wilder 
An irregular shaped, spreading, very 
productive bush with strong, spreading 
canes and an abundance of fine dark green 
foliage. The berries are of medium size, 
dark red color, very mild subacid flavor 
and are borne in loose, short stemmed 
bunches. Its mild flavor and fine quality 
with other admirable traits make this 
an excellent sort where a table fruit is 
desirable. 
White Varieties 
White Grape 
A medium sized, flat spreading, very 
productive bush, with long, slender canes 
and an abundance of healthy, dark green 
foliage. The berries vary greatly in size, 
but average well, are of a light greenish 
white color and excellent quality. The 
bunches are long, loose and poorly filled. 
A very valuable sort for home table use, 
but not popular as a market sort. The 
yellow and white fruited forms of practi- 
cally all kinds of small fruit are not so 
popular in the market as the bright col- 
ored sorts. 
European Black Varieties 
Black Champion 
A large, rank growing, spreading bush 
with slender, recumbent canes and an 
abundance of dark green foliage. The 
berries are medium sized, black, of good 
quality, and are borne in short, poorly 
filled bunches. While a very rank grow- 
er, this variety is a very shy bearer. 
Black Victoria 
A very large, strong growing plant, 
with strong, erect canes and plenty of 
dark green foliage. The berries are of 
medium size, pure black color and pleas- 
ant flavor. The bunches are medium 
sized but poorly filled. This is the best 
and most productive black sort tested. 
None of the black varieties are of com- 
mercial importance in the West but are 
occasionally grown for home use. 
American Black Variety 
Crandall 
A large, rank growing, spreading plant 
with long, strong, erect canes and a 
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rather small amount of light green foli- 
age, which is frequently diseased. The 
berries are variable in size, of a blue 
black color and rather sweet flavored. 
The bunches are small, poorly filled and 
the plants are not very productive. 
None of the Missouri Yellow Flowering 
currants are profitable for fruit produc- 
tion; nor should they be grown near the 
red or white sorts as they are nearly 
always the harboring places for the cur- 
rant fruit worm, which is so hard to com- 
bat and does so much damage in many 
parts of the state. 
W. 5S. THORNBER, 
Washington Experiment 
Bulletin 26. 
CURRANTS FoR ALASKA. See Alaska, 
Varieties To Be Planted 
The following varieties are recommend- 
ed by the American Pomological Society 
for planting in the various districts: (See 
Map, p. 192.) 
Station Popular 
District No. 1 
RECOMMENDED AS SUCCESSFUL —~- Cham- 
pion, Lee’s Prolific, Naples, Saunders, Al- 
bert, Red Cross, Red Dutch, Red Grape, 
Versaillaise, Victoria, White Dutch. 
Very successrut—Cherry, Fay, White 
Grape, Wilder. 
RECOMMENDED FOR TRIAL—Moore’s Ruby. 
District No. 2 
Successrutr-—Champion, Lee’s English, 
Naples, Saunders, Albert, Holland, Lon- 
don, North Star, Pomona, Red Dutch, 
Versaillaise, Victoria, White Dutch, White 
Gondouin. 
Very successruL—Cherry, Fay, Red 
Cross, Wilder. 
RECOMMENDED FOR TRIAL — Wales, 
Moore’s Ruby, Perfection, Raby Castle, 
St. Giles. 
District No. 3 
SuccessruL—Lee, Moore’s Ruby, Red 
Dutch, Versaillaise, Victoria, White 
Dutch, White Gondouin, White Grape. 
VerRY successruLt——Cherry, Fay, Wilder. 
RECOMMENDED FOR TRIAL—Naples. 
District No. 4 
RECOMMENDED AS SsUCCESSFUL~-Black 
Champion, Lee, Wales, Victoria, White 
Dutch, Wilder. 
