C. W. Stuart Company, Nurserymen 
Select Currants 
THE CURRANT combines hardiness, ease of culture, great and uniform productivaiess. 
pleasant flavor and early ripening, making one of the most valuable fruits. Oood 
cultivation and pruning wiU more than triple the size of the fruit. Old bushes shou d 
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 mel ow. As the Currant 
starts and expands its leaves very early, this work should be performed as soon as the trost 
leaves the soil. Currants thrive best when they are somewhat shaded, consequently an ex- 
cellent posilion for them is in the rows of yoimg orchard trees. They can be successfully 
planted spring or faU. able flavor. Long stems 
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 ac- 
customed to use it. 
Plants are very hardy, 
and it is well suited 
to cold country sections. 
Moore's Ruby. Light 
rod. Ripe early July 
here. A new sweet, 
red Currant, recently 
introduced by Mr, 
Jacob Moore, the ori- 
ginator of the Moore's 
Diamond Grape. Prof. 
L. H. Bailey of Cornell 
University, says of it: 
"Everything I have 
seen of the Moore's 
Ruby Currant pleases 
mo, so far as its value 
for home use and dessert 
is concerned. It is a 
Currant of most ex- 
cellent quality." 
Perfection, 
Set 4 to 5 feet apart each way. 
Cherry. Red. Ripe early .July here. Fruit 
very large, nearly twice the size of the 
common Red Dutch; often 5-8 of an anch 
in diameter; round, quite acid. Clusters 
moderately short-. Growth of plant is 
tall, large and luxuriant. 
Black Champion. Very productive, large 
bunch and berry, excellent quality, 
strong grower, the leading well-tested, 
black sort. 
Fay's Prolific, Red. Ripe about July 10 
to 15 here. A variety of great value on 
account of its fine quality and the ex- 
traordinary size of its bunches. The 
bunches are really enormouSj being some- 
times over 7 inches in length. 
Lee's Prolific. Black. The fruit is of enormous 
size, wonderfully productive and of agree- 
Perfection. The color 
is a beautiful bright 
red. Size as large or larger than the 
Fay, the clusters averaging longer. The 
Perfection has a long stem from the 
point of attachment to the bush to the 
first berry, making it easy to pick with- 
out crushing any of the berries. It is a 
great bearer, and on account of its great 
productiveness the plants should be kept 
well cultivated and fertilized, as should 
all heavy bearers. The Perfection ripens 
about thesametimeas the Fay. Quality rich, 
mild, sub-acid ; plenty of pulp, with few seed. 
White Grape. White. Ripe early July 
hero. Very large. Mild flavor. lOxcellent 
quahty; good for table use. Very valuable. 
Wilder, Red. Ripe middle July here. 
Fruit large, fine flavor. Very profitable 
for market, being a great yielder. 
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