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YALESVILLE, CONN. 
Currants 
CURRANTS properly dug and shipped should 
be planted on good soil, which must be kept 
rich and well worked. Few plants will live 
under such neglect as these generally receive, 
and- very few so thoroughly repay good and 
proper treatment. Trim out the old wood as 
soon as it begins to decline, and shorten all 
the j'oung shoots to keep the bushes in good 
shape. The currant worm may be destroyed 
by sprinkling the bushes with powdered white 
hellebore while they are wet with dew. In 
some instances it may be necessary to repeat 
this process, but the trouble and expense of 
exterminating the worms is trifling if the 
powder is applied as soon as the worms ap- 
pear. 
Champion Black — A new variety from Eng- 
land; pronounced the finest black currant ever 
brought to notice. The bushes are very large 
and the flavor of the fruit excellent. 
Fay's Prolific 
Fay's Prolific — The most popular of all 
the older varieties of currants. It is early, 
large, of good color and very productive. It 
succeeds better on lighter soils than other va- 
rieties. 
Wilder 
Wilder — A remarkable variety of great 
popularity both for table and market. One of 
the strongest growers and most productive. 
Bunch and berries very large, bright, attrac- 
tive red color, even when dead ripe; hangs on 
bushes in fine condition for handling as lato 
as anj' known variety. 
Perfection — A fine new currant of superior 
merit. Berry very large, larger than Fay's; 
clusters averaging longer, color a beautiful 
bright red, flavor of rich, mild sub-acid. A 
great bearer; less acid and of better quality 
than any other large currant in cultivation. 
The Perfection was awarded the Barry Gold 
Medal of the Western New York Horticultural 
Society. Receiving highest award at Pan- 
American and St. Louis Expositions. 
White Grape — Very large, yellowish white; 
sweet or very mild acid; of excellent quality 
and valuable for the table. The finest of the 
white sorts. Very productive. 
Cherry — The largest of all red currants; 
berries are some times more than half an inch 
in diameter, bunches short, plant very vigor- 
ous and productive when grown on good soils 
and well cultivated. 
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