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Red Cross—Sweetest Currant Ever Produced 
Red Cross Currant. you know that Red 
.- Cross is the sweetest cur¬ 
rant ever produced? It is natural to connect sourness with 
all red currants, since, as a rule, red currants are exceedingly 
acid, but Red Cross currant is an exception to the ordinary 
rule, being the sweetest currant. In making currant jellies, 
or in preparing currants in other ways, remember the Red 
Cross currant requires only half the sugar that many other 
currants require owing to its natural sweetness and fine flavor. 
Green’s receipts from one-half acre Red Cross in 1903, 
$537.00; 1904, $-182.SS. This season (1918), 3,897 lbs. picked 
of Red Cross and Diploma sold for $280.00 
Red Cross currant is a vigorous grower and requires plenty 
of room. Plants can be set not less than three feet apart in 
the row. The rows should be six feet apart; as with the plant¬ 
ing of all kinds of fruits the soil should be carefully prepared 
and made fine before planting currants and gooseberries; 
remember that coarse lumpy ground cannot nourish the roots 
of any plant nor keep them from dying, out and perishing. 
This is the principal reason why it is easier to transplant on 
sandy soil than on clayey soil. Cut back each plant one-half 
its length at planting. In future years thin out the branches 
somewhat, removing a few of the old branches each year, but 
the currant and gooseberry will bear abundantly without 
any trimming. 
\ Prolific Of large size, fine flavor, red in color. 
_1 Universally recommended by those 
who have had experience with it. 
Fay 
Wilder. One of the strongest growers and most pro- 
-1 ductive. Bunch and berries very large, bright, 
attractive red color. Ripens at the same time as Fay’s. 
The superintendent of Green’s Fruit Farm reports that 
currants, taking one year with another, are the most profit¬ 
able of the small fruits. Currants meet with a ready sale 
and the prices seem to be increasing each year. While straw¬ 
berries must be picked the day they, are ripe, the picking of 
currants can be deferred without injury to the currants. 
This is an argument in favor of currant growing, as all of these 
fruits ripen at a busy season. 
Perfection Currant. It: is an upright, strong 
____• grower, thickly covered 
with clusters of large fruit. 
In setting out currant bushes, one should be careful to 
select a place where there is plenty of light and air. 
White Grane Currant. T , h i s is the best of 
____white currants. 
Black Champion. 0n e of the best black currants 
____— yet introduced; excellent qual¬ 
ity and flavor. We are allowed to ship black currants only 
into New York, Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut. 
For Prices on All Currants See First Pages of Catalog 
