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 coinously. 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 ^vith 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 ^^-ith 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.'"'o; except as 



otherwise noted. 



1 >/r. hi/ mail at dozen rates. If to go by mail at 100 . 



Black Naples. Very hardy and imtil 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 leading black currant, but now superseded by Black 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 f or 

 market growing in some sections. This is especially 

 valuable for Canada and other points of the extreme 



Fay's Prolific. The leading red va- 

 , ^ riety. It has fully sustained the broad 



claims which were made for it by the 

 T . ^<^^SL 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 reg"ular bearer and relialile 

 sort, it is rapidly becoming the favor- 

 ite. 1 ^T.. ea.. l('c: 3 for 20c; doz.. 

 60c ; 1 00. s;3 . m . 2 y r^ . . ea . . 1 5c ; 3 for 

 30c: doz.. 75c: KX). -si.iX). 



Cherry and Versailles. Well known 

 and until lately the most popular 

 market sorts: moiformly the largest 

 of all red cm-rants except Fay's Pro- 

 lific. Bunches large, berries very 

 large, bright, sparkling crimson, 

 beautiful, very acid. 

 FAY'S PROLiriPs Lee's Prolific. Earlier than Black 

 (Much Reduced). Naples, with larger berries and is 

 more productive. Like Black IS'aples. 

 of special value for jellies and jams. 



B.ed Dutch. An old favorite, producmg in abundance 

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

 for making red jellies and ^^*ines. 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. 



While Grape. This is a currant of all othei-s 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 

 decidedlv the best uhite variety. 



•ates. add 



)0c. per 100. 2 yrs. old are too large to mail. 



CRANDALL or TREEc 



A pm-ely native 

 American cm-rant, dis- 

 tinct from the Em'o- 

 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 i^erfectly 

 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 Xo insect enemies have been 

 found to defoliate it and it is en.irely exempt from the 

 attacks of the cm-rant worm. 1 yr.. ea., 10c: 3 for 

 20c: doz.. 60c: 100. .?3..50. 2 yrs.. ea.. 15c: 3 for 30c; 

 doz., Sl.OO; 100. -S5.00. 



"X/ 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 ai"e much larger 

 than any i^thei- l urraut-- audit exceeds all other varieties 

 ea., 1.5c: 3 for 30c: doe.. .«1.0<): 

 20c: 3 for 50c: doz., -SI. 50: 



1 yr. 

 ea.. 



in productiveness, 

 lull. .S5.00. 2 yrs 

 100. S8.00. 



^ BLACK 



CHAMPION. 



As great an improvement among black currants as 

 is Fay's Pi'olific among the red vai'ieties. Like Fay's 

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

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

 aimual ])earers. The flavor of the fruit is richer and 

 much mil ler than the old Black Naples or Black 

 English, from which it has no doubt sprung. Entirely 

 exempt from the ravages of the cm-rant worm or other 

 insects, and by far the finest Black Cm-rant yet pro- 

 duced. 1 yi-., ea.. 10c: 3 for 20c; doz.. 60c: 100, ^.m, 

 2 yi-s., ea., 15c; 3 for 30e; doz., *1.00; 100, $5,00, 



