DESCRIPTIVE PRI 
ADDITIONAL VARIETIES^ 
^^HXIlllbCr'^ ^ The Prize C orrajtitvie 
First Premium at New York State Fair, J897. 
Price strong i year plants by mail 3.50 per doz. 
Express 3.00 doz ; 8.00 hundred. 
Benton Gebhart, the oldest and largest fruit grower on the eastern 
shore of Lake Michigan, proprietor of the celebrated " Fairview Fruit 
Farm " at Hart, Oceana County, Michigan, who makes a specialty 
■of growing currants, expresses his views as follows : 
„ „. , "Hart, Mich., July 31. 189r.. 
Mu pear Sir:—l am more pleased with the Wilder than ever. In the Brst place. It 
19 one of the very stronirest (rrowera when plants are one and two years old Soon 
makes a stronjr and very line busli. Is also a (tood grower in wood after bearing 
neavy crops. In point of fruiting qualities It cerululy is one of the best without any 
-exception. 
The Rural New Yorker of Aug. irth, ISD.'i, contains the followlne : 
"Mr. Barns has a now currant In hearlnc this year, with which he ts ereatlv 
pleased. This Is the Wilder. As we found it (rroWlng on Mr. Hams' farm, this 
currant is a decided acqulslUon. The quality is CTCOIlent. with a ppcullar, rich davor 
that is verv aKreeuble. In size and color, it Is fully equal to Fay's, which wa,s found 
Rrowins beside It. The bush is a strong and thrifty grower. One point which the 
Introducer does iiotseein to have made much of Is its abllitv to hold its ripened fniiton 
the vine. At the time of my visit It was hard to lliid good specimens of Fay s ThO'^e 
left by the plckere wuie mo-iHy shelled olt or dried up. The Wilder, however, was 
still fresh and good pickings CO ilil still be m ids from the bushes. Mr. liarus made 
his ttrst sh oment of Pay s on .June .-.t), then not fully ripe They were ripe July 6, and 
wnl.'^'^ shipment was miidc July IS. the currants then being iv little over-rlne. The 
Wilder ripened with the Fay s, and were still Ann and ready for shipping on July 3(lth 
with every prospect of coiiUnuing so fully ten days longer. Mr. Barns is so mucli 
plea.sert with this variety that lie will plant It licreafiei in preference to any other His 
bushes aie^not yet old enoUL'h to show How proiiuctlve the varietv is at its' best.' ' Thus 
far, the indications are that it Is fully equal, if not superior to the Fay's " 
Wiley & Co. 
Trees are very satis fac ory. 
Columbia Co., Pknnsylvania. 
J. N. VASTINE, M. D. 
RED CROSS CURRANT. 
The New Red Cross Currant, the life work of Jacob Moore, 
by scientific crossing, has fruited here for the first time this season. 
It has surprised us with its large size, productiveness, fine quality and 
vigor. 
Prof. Maynard, of Amherst College, (Hatch Experiment Station, 
Mass.,) says Red Cross Currant as seen at Rochester averages larger 
than Fay's Prolific, and is more vigorous. Jacob Moore, the 
originator, to whom we paid $1250.00 saw it in fruit here, and says it 
is twice as large as Victoria, will yield twice as much as Cherry, and 
is of better quahty than any of the older varieties. 
P. C. Reynolds, the veteran horticulturist of Rochester, N. Y.. 
says that the Red Cross currant averages larger than Fay's or 
Cherry, and is sweeter than most other varieties. He says that the 
clusters are longer, and that the size of the berries hold out larger to 
the end of cluster than Fay. 
C. M. Hooker, the largest small fruit grower about Rochester, N. 
Y.. says that Red Cross currant as seen at our Rochester place, is 
larger than Fay's, with longer fruit stems, and that the quality is 
better than Fay's. He says the growth is remarkably vigorous, and 
the plants healthy and free from fungus. 
John Charlton, says Red Cro.ss currant resembles Fay's in size 
and style of fruit, but holds out larger in size of berry to the end of 
the clusters. 
The price is 2 year old. No. i, 35c. each, $2.50 per doz ; 1 year, 
No. I, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz. 
Greene Co., N. Y., July 5, 1897. 
Trees were very satisfactory. SILAS FINCH. 
State of Ne'w York, Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Farmers' 
Institutes. 
Wiley & Co., Cayuga, N. Y. Pavkttevillk, N. Y. 
(lentlemen : Stock i have received from you has alimm been satisfactory in eren; 
pai l icii(or,-well grown, well dug and well packed, and when set has made a very 
satisfactory growth. Very truly, 
F. E. DAWLEY, Dlrector Farmers' Institute. 
