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THE CURRANT. 
White Dutch. 
New White Dutch. Keeve’s White. 
White Crystal. Morgan’s White. 
White Leghorn. 
This is precisely similar to Red Dutch in habit, but the fruit 
is larger, with rather shorter bunches, of a fine yellowish white 
colour, with a very transparent skin. It is considerably less acid 
than the red currants, and is therefore much preferred for the 
table. It is also a few days earlier. Very productive. 
II. Black Currants , (R. nigrum , .) 
Common Black. Thomp. 
Black English. 
Oasis, {of the French.) 
The common Black English Currant is well known. The 
berries are quite black, less than half an inch in diameter, and 
borne in clusters of four or five berries. It is much inferior to 
the following. 
Black Naples. Thomp. P. Mag. Lind. 
The Black Naples is a beautiful fruit, the finest and largest 
of all black currants, its berries often measuring nearly three 
fourths of an inch in diameter. Its leaves and blossoms appear 
earlier than those of the Common Black, but the fruit is later, 
and the clusters, as well as the berries, are larger and more nu- 
merous. 
Ornamental Varieties. There are several very ornamental 
species of currant, among which we may here allude to the Mis- 
souri Currant, (. Ribes Aureum ), brought by Lewis and Clark 
from the Rocky Mountains, which is now very common in our 
gardens, and generally admired for its very fragrant yellow 
blossoms. Its oval blue berries, which are produced in great 
abundance, are relished by some persons. But there is a Large 
Fruited Missouri Currant, a variety of this, which bears berries 
of the size of the Black Naples, and of more agreeable flavour. 
The Red Flowering Currant ( R . Sanguineum), is a very 
beautiful shrub from the western coast of America, with foliage 
somewhat like that of the Common Black, but which bears very 
charming clusters of large light crimson blossoms, in April. 
There are several other varieties as R. sanguineum, fl. pi., R. 
sanguineum atropurpurea, and R. Gordoni. They are not quite 
hardy enough to stand our winters without protection, but at the 
South, will make a valuable addition to their shrubbery. 
