Archive image from page 11 of Descriptive catalogue of the leading. Descriptive catalogue of the leading new fruits, 1894 . descriptivecatal1894wnsc Year: 1894 8 CHOICE NEW FRUITS. In the past ten years a radical change has been made in the status of the currant. The opening of so much new territory now calls for the hardiest and earliest producing variety of fruit, which is undoubtedly the currant, and the knowledge that the ravages of the currant worm can be controlled, with other causes, has created a strong and grow- ing demand for this excellent fruit. It is no more expensive to grow
Archive image from page 11 of Descriptive catalogue of the leading. Descriptive catalogue of the leading new fruits, 1894 . descriptivecatal1894wnsc Year: 1894 8 CHOICE NEW FRUITS. In the past ten years a radical change has been made in the status of the currant. The opening of so much new territory now calls for the hardiest and earliest producing variety of fruit, which is undoubtedly the currant, and the knowledge that the ravages of the currant worm can be controlled, with other causes, has created a strong and grow- ing demand for this excellent fruit. It is no more expensive to grow a desirable article of nursery stock than the old and common sorts. It proved to be exceptionally thrifty, some cuttings making a growth of eighteen inches the first season, and three feet or more the second year. Its production was equally remarkable; the long strings of currants being packed upon the branches as if for exhibition purposes. The fruit is larger than the Red Dutch. On account of its long bunches, fine quality, vigorous habit of growth, and great productiveness, it is commended above all other varieties. It has so many superior qualities that it will, as soon as sufficient stock can be produced and the public informed and convinced of its merits, dis- place and supersede several varieties of currants, which are now in common use. The 'North Star' Currant was selected on account of its vigorous growth, from a lot of seedlings which had sprung up about an old wind-mill owned by a German family in eastern New York, and is an accidental seedling, probably of the Victoria, as, like that variety, it is seldom effected by the borer. Its bunches are much larger than any other currant, and in consequence, it can be much quicker harvested. It exceeds all other varieties in productiveness, and were it not for its great vigor of growth, it would, by overbearing, soon become exhausted. Such productiveness will, in every locality, need a liberal supply of manure, ashes, or oth
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