. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 212 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [May 30, 1912. of bee-keeping among tlie subjects they supplied for lectures in the county.—S. CartwrighTj Hon. Sec. NECTAJl PRODUCING PLANTS AND THEIR POLLEN. By George Hayes, Beeston, Notts. {Continued from 'page 173.) No. 17. CURRANT {Bibes ruhrum nigrum). NAT. ORDER. BihcsiacecB. The generic name is a word meaning currant^ whilst the specific titles ruhrum and nigrum mean respectively red and black. Bihes ruhrum has red berries when wild, varying in cultiva- tion from red to white. The currant being amongst
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 212 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [May 30, 1912. of bee-keeping among tlie subjects they supplied for lectures in the county.—S. CartwrighTj Hon. Sec. NECTAJl PRODUCING PLANTS AND THEIR POLLEN. By George Hayes, Beeston, Notts. {Continued from 'page 173.) No. 17. CURRANT {Bibes ruhrum nigrum). NAT. ORDER. BihcsiacecB. The generic name is a word meaning currant^ whilst the specific titles ruhrum and nigrum mean respectively red and black. Bihes ruhrum has red berries when wild, varying in cultiva- tion from red to white. The currant being amongst our fruit-bushes and yielding as it does a fair amount of early nectar. though not so profusely as the gooseberry (Bihes granularia.), de- serves a place in cur list. The currant was formerly errone- ously supposed t-o be the degenerated Corinthian grape. It is now known "to be a native of this country, the red being found growing naturally in many places, both in England and Scot- land, the white being really only a variety of the red. The white cur- rant, having a more delicate flavour, is most in request for dessert and for con- verting into wine, which, by using only the juice of fine fruit, and without any {tddition of spirit or water, may, when kept to a proper age, be made equal to some of the inferior wines from the grape. The red currant is used principally in the preparation of jellies, and is amongst the most valued of British fruits for pastry. It is easily preserved, and grows in sufficient abundance to offer a cheap luxury to the humblest class. In various parts of the country I have seen it grow- ing against the walls of cottages, where it forms the principal ornament to a, neat dwelling; its rich dark sharply-cut leaves and brilliant fruit growing over latticed mndows offer almost as pleasing a picture as do the vine-clad dwellings of Italy. Such plants often attain large dimensions. There is a specimen growing at Beeston at the present time which covers
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