A cool, moist location is best for this fruit, and for this reason it succeeds admirably when planted by a stone 

 wall or fence; being benefitted by partial shade. Plant in rows four feet apart, and the plants three feet apart 

 in the rows. Keep the ground mellow and free of weeds and grass, using fertilizers copiously. Mulching is 

 necessary for the best returns. So soon as the leaves turn yellow and begin to fall, with a pruning knife remove 

 all the old wood and cut back the young shoots a third of their length, cutting to the ground enough of these to 

 admit air and light into the bush freely. When the currant worm appears dust the bushes with Buhach or 

 tobacco dust'; it can be exterminated also by dissolving powdered white hellebore (to be had at "any drug store) in 

 the proportion of an ounce to a pail of water, and applied with a syringe upon the leaves. 



Prices: i yr., 3 for 20c; doz., 50c; 100, $2.50. 2 yrs., 3 for 25c; doz., 60c; 100, $3.00; except as 



otherwise noted. 



by mail at dozen rates. If to go by mail at 100 rates, add 50c. per 100. 2 yrs. old are too large to mail. 



1 yr. 



Black Naples. Very hardy and until recently the 

 leading black currant, but now superseded by Black 

 Champion. All the black kinds are much prized for 

 making jams and jellies, and are highly profitable for 

 market growing in some sections. This is especially 

 valuable for Canada and other points of the extreme 

 North. 



Fay's Prolific. The leading red va- 

 riety; It has fully sustained the broad 

 claims which were made for it by the 

 disseminator upon its introduction, 

 and is the largest and one of the best 

 red currants. It has been widely 

 planted and has given general satis- 

 faction. The bush is a strong grower, 

 wonderfully prolific and comes into 

 bearing early. Fruit is large, bright 

 red, and of good flavor, and less acid 

 than Cherry, which it is rapidly super- 

 seding. A regular bearer and reliable 

 sort, it is rapidly becoming the favor- 

 ite. 1 yr., ea., 10c; 3 for 20c; doz., 

 60c; 100, $3.50. 2 yrs., ea., 15c; 3 for 

 30c; doz., 75c; 100, $5.00. 



Cherry and Versailles. Well known 

 and until lately the most popular 

 market sorts; uniformly the largest 

 of all red currants except Fay's Pro- 

 lific. Bunches large, berries very 

 large, bright, sparkling crimson, 

 beautiful, very acid. 



Lee's Prolific. Earlier than Black 

 Naples, with larger berries and is 

 more productive. Like Black Naples, 

 of special value for jellies and jams. 



Red Dutch. An old favorite, producing in abundance 

 fruit of the very best quality, which is the best of all 

 for making red jellies and wines, but the berries are 

 small. The finest in quality of all the older varieties. 



Victoria. Especially valuable on account of its late 

 ripening. Bunches long, berries medium to large, pale 

 red in color, and of excellent quality. 



White Crape. This is a currant of all others that 

 should be in the family garden, not only for its hand- 

 some appearance but for its fine quality. Its bunches 

 are extremely long, berries large, of a beautiful trans- 

 lucent white and excellent flavor. The largest and 

 decidedly the best white variety. 



FAY'S PROLIFIC 



{Much Reduced) 



CRANDALL or TREE C 



purely native 



American currant, dis- 

 tinct from the Euro- 

 pean black currant, 

 and without a trace of 

 its strong odor. This 

 is the best variety of 

 its species yet intro- 

 duced. The bush grows 

 to a height of four feet 

 or more, is perfectly 

 hardy and immensely 

 productive, the branch- 

 es being invariably 

 loaded with fruit. The 

 berries are large, in- 

 tensely black, and of 

 a fairly good quality. 

 It is excellent when cooked and is well adapted for 

 sauces, pies, jams, etc. No insect enemies have been 

 found to defoliate it and it is entirely exempt from the 

 attacks of the currant worm. 1 yr., ea., 10c; 3 for 

 20c; doz., 60c; 100, $3.50. 2 yrs., ea., 15c; 3 for 30c; 

 doz., $1.00; 100, $5.00. 



NORTH STAR. 



Combines many excellent properties which promise to 

 make it of great value. In both bunch and berry the 

 fruit is large, of bright crimson color, very handsome 

 and of superior quality. Its bunches are much larger 

 than any other currants and it exceeds all other varieties 

 in productiveness. 1 yr., ea., 15c; 3 for 30c; doe., $1.00; 

 100, $5.00. 2 yrs., ea., 20c; 3 for 50c; doz., $1.50; 

 100, $8.00. 



BLACK CHAMPION. 



As great an improvement among black currants as 

 is Fay's Prolific among the red varieties. Like Fay's 

 the clusters and berries are exceedingly large, and, un- 

 like the other varieties of its class, the bushes are heavy 

 annual bearers. The flavor of the fruit is richer and 

 much milder than the old Black Naples or Black 

 English, from which it has no doubt sprung. Entirely 

 exempt from the ravages of the currant worm or other 

 iuset-ts, and by far the finest Black Currant yet pro- 

 duced. 1 yr., ea., 10c; 3 for 20c; doz., 60c; 100, $3.50. 

 2 yrs., ea., 15c; 3 for 30c; doz., $1.00; 100, $5.00. 



