SELECT CURRANTS, 
The Currant combines hardiness, ease of culture, great and unifoini productiveness, pleasant 
flavor and early ripening, making one of the mosi, valuable fruits. Good cultivation and 
pruning will more than triple the size of the fruit. Old bushes should have the old wood cut out, 
and thrifty shoots left at regular distances. Old manure should be spaded in about the roots, 
and the soil kept clean, cultivated, and mellow. .4s the Currant starts and expands its leaves 
very early, this work should be performed as soon as the frost leaves the soil. Currants thrive 
best when they are somewhat shaded, consequently an excellent position fcr them is in the row* 
of young orchard trees. They can be .successfully plunt?^ spring or fall. 
Set 4 to 5 feet apart each way 
Cherry. Red. Ripe early Ju'y Htre. Fruit 
very large, nearly twice the size of the com- 
mon Ked Dutch ; often f ot an inch in diame- 
ter ; round ; quite acid. Clusters moderately 
short. Growth of plant is tall, large and lux- 
uriant. 
Fay's Prolific. 
Fay's Prolific. Red. Ripe about July 10 
to 15 here. A variety of great value on ac- 
count of its fine quality and the extraordinary 
size of its bunches. The bunches are really 
enormous, being sometimes over 7 inches in 
length. 
Lee's Prolific. Black. The fruit is of 
enormous size, wonderfully productive, and of 
agreeable flavoi. Long stem.s of large berries. 
Very desirable for canning, and while a taste- 
for this fruit often has to be acquired, it is 
always highly esteemed by those who are acus- 
tomed to use it. Plants are very hardy, and 
it is well suited to cold country sections 
Moore's Ruby. Light red. Ripe early 
July here. A new, sweet, red Currant, recently 
introduced by Mr. Jacob Moore, the originator 
of the Mooi-e'.s Diamond Grape. Prof. L. H, 
Bailey, of Cornell University, says of it: 
Everything I liave seen ot the Moore's Ruby 
Currant pleases lue, so far as its value for- 
home use and dessert is concerued. It is a 
Currant of most excellent quality. 
Newark. Red. Ripe early July here. We 
have for several years been growing and test- 
ing this new Currant. It is a great producer, 
of excellent quality, and will hang long on the 
bush; a strong and vigorous grower. We have 
the entii'e and only stock. Size above medium; 
subacid; bunch of good length. The fruit is 
borne in masses on the bush. 
White Grape. White. Ripe early July here. 
Very large. Mild flavor. Excellent quality; 
good for table use. Very valuable. 
Wilder. Red. Ripe middle July here. 
Fruit large, fine flavor. Very profitable for 
market, being a great yielder. 
SELECT RHUBARB. 
RHITBARB, familiarly known as the Pie Plant or Wine Plant, is cultivated in gardens for its 
. leaf stalk.s which are used for pies, tarts, canning, etc. The large size, fine texture and 
superiin- quality of the new varieties of Rhubarb over the old cultivated " Pie Plant '" cannot be 
conceived by those who have never grown it. It is very profitable to grow for market pur])o.ses, 
is always in demand, and commands good prices. It grows very rapidly; requires little cultivation. 
Planting and Cultivating. Plants shouUl be set 4 ft. a]>art each -way, and the stalks will he fit 
for use the second season after planting. It is benefitted by a heavy coat of strong, rich manure. 
Myatt's Linnaeus. Early, very tender, and ^ Eaton's Peach Flavored. Veiy early. 
\P6 a mild subacid flavor, not ' stringy or 
tough. The plant is large, and for pies or other 
culinary purposes it is the housewif -s's favorite. 
Ear!y Sca'-ift. A rather sma'.! claiit, but 
TOiy early, tender alio <;c.jd 
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Large, tender, delicate, rich peach flavor. For 
pie and sauce it is excellent. 
Victoria. Medium size, and quite a favorite 
in certain sections. It is early, tender andquit*- 
produciiiva. 
