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than fifty years, and when, a few years since, I informed 

 him of my purpose of writing this book, and requested 

 his assistance particularly upon the Currant and Rasp- 

 berry, he cheerfully took hold of the work, and in addi- 

 tion to his then very complete collection, he sent to the 

 different growers of Europe and of this country for speci- 

 mens of all the new, as well as old varieties. Xot depend-? 

 ing upon one importation, he has obtained a new set almost 

 every year, and by keeping them separate, we have had 

 an opportunity of determining which were really distinct 

 varieties. For a number of years we have met, at the 

 time the fruit was ripe, and gone over the entire collec- 

 tion, carefully comparing them, and the following list is 

 the result : 



Fig. 92.— LEAF or ATTIIACTOR. 



Attractor, — Large, yelloAvish-white ; buncli medium, 

 loose. A slow grower, but quite productive. Not equal 



