CURRANT. 



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White Grape. {White A?itwerp^ White Transparent,) 

 — ^Large, yellowish-white, transparent; bunch medium, 

 slightly tapering (fig. 9t) ; juicy, 

 sw^eet, rich; the best White 

 Currant; moderately yigorous, 

 slender, spreading habit ; leaves 

 medium size, sharply serrate, 

 with a grayish green color, not 

 shining ; yery productiye. 



White Dutch. ( White Clin- 

 ton, New- White Dutch, darkens 

 ^eet. White Crystal, Beeves'^ 

 White, Morgan^ s White, White 

 Leghorn, White Transparent, 

 White HoUand, White Pearl) 

 — Large, yellowish- white, but 

 quite transparent ; bunches a 

 little shorter than the Red Dutch, 

 and berries larger, sweet, rich 

 and good ; a vigorous, upright 

 grower, and very productive. 



White Provence. — Very 



large, yellowish-white ; bunch 

 rather short, tapering. About 

 the same in quality as the White Dutch, but not quite 

 equal to White Grape. The most vigorous of all the 

 White varieties, evidently of the White Dutch class. 

 Leaves large, thick, more or less edged with white, as 

 shown in figure 98; productive, but not equally so with 

 the White Grape. 



BLACK CURRANTS. 



{Mibes nigrum,) 



Black En^^Iish. ( Common Black, Bang-up Blacky 

 Cassis a Fruit noir.) — Large, black, but few in a cluster. 

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