FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 
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CURRANTS. 
The introduction of the improved varieties has given the currant a high 
rank as a profitable market fruit. A well-kept plantation will yield 4000 
pounds of fruit to the acre. Quite a currant plantation can be had with a 
small expense by planting the bushes in the orchard between the fruit trees. 
Cherry. Very large ; dark red ; acid, not very rich ; bunch variable, from 
short to long. Plant a coarse grower, with stout shoots and large dark, 
green leaves 
Pay's Prolific. A new red currant, equal to the Cherry currant in size, with 
a much longer bunch. The bush is exceedingly productive. 
La Versailles. Similar to Cherry in size of berry, but the bunch is longer 
and more compact. It carries well. 
Lee's Prolific. A black currant imported from England. Of good size ; 
fine quality. 
Prince Albert. A good grower, with large, heavy foliage, which holds very 
late. Fruit large, bright red, of good quality, and ripens late, after other 
sorts are gone. 
"White Grape. Very large ; yellowish white ; very mild acid ; excellent 
quality, and valuable for the table. The finest of the white sorts. 
Currant trained to tree form. 
