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FRUIT-GROWERS’ REPORT. 
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Worst feature—bush is very spreading and crooked grower. 
All currants require high cultivation; too much manure can 
hardly be applied. Prune very close in the Fall, spade the 
ground six inches deep, cover the ground four inches deep 
with half rotted stable manure; this answers as a mulch to 
the roots, and cooling shade to the fruit in Summer. In Fall 
spade the ground again, and re-cover w r ith the half rotted 
manure. Always plant in plats, three by four feet, instead of 
long rows. Black English or Naples, which appear to be iden¬ 
tical as cultivated in the West, make excellent wine. 
Atwood—For me, Black English is preferable to any other 
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J. T. Stevens—Believe the White Grape fully equal to the 
White Dutch, for general cultivation—Cherry too acid and 
bunch too small. 
Chandler prefers the White Gondouin to White Dutch; it’s 
the best of all the Whites. Bed Gondouin, not sufficiently 
tested to prove; does not promise as well as the Red Dutch. 
Versalaise, best of the red currants grown, received from 
France; think it will prove hardy. Red and White Dutch, 
too small, and the cherry too acid; grown many from the 
seed but get no improvement over the original. Would add 
the White Grape for extensive cultivation; slow grower, but 
fruits well. Among the Black, Black Naples is the best. 
Stevens—No difference between Black Naples and Black 
English. Black Naples largest and richest fruit; frequently 
as large as common cherries. Currants require severe prun¬ 
ing; black ones more than the white or red; know little of 
Victoria. Cherry needs further trial before condemning. The 
more cultivation currants receive the more fruit; much the 
easiest fruit grown; will bear in “grass;” but fruit so grown 
is small; scarcely worth gathering. Mulch in Fall, with 
stable manure, spade in, or remove it in Spring; don’t like to 
see a garden littered with mulch any more than with weeds. 
Chandler—Victoria has a long bunch but the berry is so 
small that it loses caste. Laversailles, is a very handsome 
fruit; would add the La Fertiel to the list which promise well. 
