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Currants and Gooseberries 
CURRANTS AND GOOSEBERRIES should 
be planted on good soil, which must be kept 
rich and well worked. Few plants will live 
under such neglect as these generally receive, 
and very few so thoroughly repay good and 
proper treatment. Trim out the old wood as 
soon as it begins to decline, and shorten all 
the young shoots to keep the bushes in good 
shape. The currant worm may be destroyed 
by sprinkling the bushes with powdered white 
hellebore while they are wet with dew. In 
some instances it may be necessary to repeat 
this process, but the trouble and expense of 
exterminating the worms is trifling if the 
powder is applied as soon as the worms ap¬ 
pear. 
Fay’s Prolific 
Wilder—A remarkable variety of great 
popularity both for table and market. One 
of the strongest growers and most productive. 
Bunch and berries very large, bright, attrac¬ 
tive red color, even when dead ripe; hangs on 
bushes in fine condition for handling as late 
as any known variety. Compared with the 
celebrated Fay’s, is equal in size, with longer 
bunch, better in quality, with much less acid¬ 
ity, ripens at same time, continues on bush 
much longer, fully as prolific, in some trials 
largely outyielding it. 
Champion Black—A new variety from Eng¬ 
land; pronounced the finest black currant 
ever brought to notice. The bushes are very 
large and the flavor of the fruit excellent. 
Cherry—The largest of all red currants; 
berries are some times more than half an inch 
in diameter, bunches short, plant very vigor¬ 
ous and productive when grown on good soils 
and well cultivated. 
Fay’s Prolific—Has been carefully culti¬ 
vated for the past twelve years alongside of 
all the propular varieties, and proved by far 
the most prolific of all. Color rich red. As 
compared with the Cherry Currant, Fay’s 
Prolific is equal in size, better flavored, with 
much less acid, and five times as prolific; 
also, from its peculiar stem, less expensive to 
pick. It is one of the few good things that 
will sustain all the claims made for it. 
Perfection—A fine new currant of superior 
merit. Berry very large, larger than Fay’s; 
clusters averaging longer, color a beautiful 
bright red, flavor rich, mild sub-acid. A great 
bearer; less acid and of better quality than 
any other large currant in cultivation. The 
Perfection was awarded the Barry Gold Medal 
of the Western New York Horticultural So¬ 
ciety. Receiving highest award at Pan- 
American and St. Louis Expositions. 
White Grape—Very large, yellowish white; 
sweet or very mild acid; of excellent quality 
and valuable for the table. The finest of 
the white sorts. Very productive. 
Currants are a whole¬ 
some summer fruit easily 
cultivated, requiring little 
care. They bear well on 
mellow, loamy soil. There 
is large profit made from 
currants. 
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