. Green's Nursery Co. : spring 1897. Nursery stock New York (State) Rochester Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs. Fay's Prolific and North Star Currants. Fay's This variety is said to be a seed- ling of Cherry or Victoria, that or- iginated in 1868, with Lyncoln Fay, Portland, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. It was in- troduced about twelve years ago, land is now quite generally known. Its clusters are long and attract- ive, filled with large fruit, mak- ing it desirable for market where there is a demand for currants for dessert use. It is liked at canning factories for mak- ing jelly,
. Green's Nursery Co. : spring 1897. Nursery stock New York (State) Rochester Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs. Fay's Prolific and North Star Currants. Fay's This variety is said to be a seed- ling of Cherry or Victoria, that or- iginated in 1868, with Lyncoln Fay, Portland, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. It was in- troduced about twelve years ago, land is now quite generally known. Its clusters are long and attract- ive, filled with large fruit, mak- ing it desirable for market where there is a demand for currants for dessert use. It is liked at canning factories for mak- ing jelly, or jam, on account of its large size, thin skin, and rich, juicy pulp, but it is more profitable to grow other more prolific sorts, such as Prince Albert, for this purpose. Bush vigorous, but not quite as strong a grower as Cherry. Its canes are somewhat spreading and not always strong enough to remain upright when weighted with fruit. The clusters vary from two and a half to four inches long. The cluster stems are long, leaving enough room between the wood and the fruit to make it easy to gather. The ber- ries vary from medium to very large, averaging large. They are quite uniform in size, of a good color, darker than Red Dutch. Pulp less acid than that of Cherry. It has not been so productive at this station as have Cherry, Victoria, London Red or Prince Albert. Its average yield for the last three seasons has been four and seven-tenths pounds per bush.—Geneva, JV. F., Experimental Sta. Report. " I do not think I ever made a better investment in the fruit line for its size than when I paid $10 for a dozen plants of this currant. This year I have picked eighty-four quarts, or an average of seven quarts to each plant, the bunches of fruit being from four to five inches loug, while many measured fully six inches.'"—Mr. Williams in Gar- den and Forest. c PRICE. 2 year bushes, large, 8c. each; 85c. per 12; $6 per 100. Medium size, 6c. each; 60c. per 12; $4 per 100.
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