CHAPTER X. 
THE CURRANT. 
1. RED DUTCH. Plate 76. 
Fruit large or nearly twice the size of the common currant. 
Red. Cluster long and large ; fine and sweeter than the 
common currant. 
2. WHITE DUTCH. Plate 76. 
Fruit large, equalling in size the foregoing variety. Color 
yellow; translucent. Fine. 
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3. MAY’S VICTORIA. Fig. 1. 
Fruit large; white. Cluster long and heavily laden with 
berries ; rather acid, and late in ripening. 
4. CHAMPAIGNE. Plate 76. 
Fruit large. Color pale pink or rose; intermediate between 
the Red and White Dutch. 
5. BLACK NAPLES. Plate 76. 
Fruit large. Color black. Clusters large and fine. Early. 
6. CHERRY CURRANT. 
Very large, larger than the common Red Dutch. Color 
light red ; racemes rather short. Fruit rather acid; growth 
large and luxuriant; but less productive than the common 
currant. New. J. J. Thomas. 
Fig. 1. 
