One-year plants mailed post-paid at dozen rates if desired. If by mail 

 at 100 rates, add 50c. per 100. Two-year plants are too large to mail. 

 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 

 benefited 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 powdered 

 white hellebore or tobacco dust ; it can be exterminated also by mix- 

 ing the 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. 



The annexed illustration shows plants of one and two years old, 

 with ground line and indications where to cut back at time of planting. 



CHAUTAUQUA CLIMBING CURRANT. 



Decidedly the greatest currant novelty that has been introducd for many years ; quite as won- 

 derful as unique in its extraordinary climbing habit combined with the good properties possessed 

 by the best currants of the ordinary bush form. It is 

 not only a mere novelty, peculiar for being a climbing 

 currant, but it is really an extra good variety ; bearing 

 large crops of fine fruit every year. It is so strong a 

 climber and of such vigor and productiveness that one 

 single plant set at the side of the house, soon reached 

 a height of fourteen feet and covered a breadth of eight 

 feet, from which were picked thirty-two quarts of fine 

 currants. Other fruit growers grow the vine upon wire 

 trellises, the same as grapes, and obtain large and 

 profitable crops. When thus grown in vine form the fruit 

 is produced high enough from the ground to prevent 

 being splashed with earth during heavy rains, as is 

 common with the bush varieties. Mr. E. H. Fay, son 

 of the originator of Fay's Prolific, and who handled 

 the cultivation and selling of that variety, declares the 

 fruit of Chautauqua Currant to be finer than Fay's and 

 to produce more quarts of currants per acre by far 

 than any other currant grown. The fruit is large, 

 both in bunch and berry, holding its size well to the 

 end of its long stem, dark: crimson, with less seeds than 

 other varieties and of the best quality. It is a wonder- 

 ful keeper. As a test in this respect a quantity of fruit 

 was permitted to remain upon the bushes from three to 

 four weeks to see how long they would keep. When 

 picked the merchant who handled them said they were 

 the finest and largest currants he had ever seen ; the 

 heavy foliage having protected them from the sun. 

 The fruit was picked twice a week and exhibited for 

 six weeks at the Pan-American Exhibition, with no 

 protection whatever from sun and weather, and, was 

 awarded a Silver Medal. 1 yr., ea., |1.00 ; doz., $10.00 ; 

 2 yrs., ea.,$2.00 ; doz., $20.00. 100 rates upon application. 



