. Descriptive catalogue of select fruit and ornamental trees : grape vines, small fruits, flowering plants, Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Fruit-culture, Catalogs. Fruit and Ornamental Trees. 29. The Currant possesses great vitality, and will give some fruit under almost total neglect, but to have the fruit in perfection, plant in rich, deep soil, and give good annual pruning and cultivation. The pruning, if the plants are allowed to grow as stools, consists merely in removing such of the older and feebler shoots as crowd and over-tax the
. Descriptive catalogue of select fruit and ornamental trees : grape vines, small fruits, flowering plants, Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Fruit-culture, Catalogs. Fruit and Ornamental Trees. 29. The Currant possesses great vitality, and will give some fruit under almost total neglect, but to have the fruit in perfection, plant in rich, deep soil, and give good annual pruning and cultivation. The pruning, if the plants are allowed to grow as stools, consists merely in removing such of the older and feebler shoots as crowd and over-tax the plant. If grown as a tree, on a single stem, remove a portion of the bearing wood to increase the size and beauty of the crop, and keep all suckers from the bottom. Four feet apart each way is about the proper distance to plant. To destroy the Currant worm, sprinkle them with powdered "white hellebore," which can be obtained at any drug store. ^ Cherry. Fruit of the largest size, deep red, rather acid; short bunches; growth strong, stout, erect; short-jointed shoots. The largest of the red currants. Black Naples. Very large and black; highly esteemed for jelly. Fay's Prolific. This currant has now been before the public a number of years, and we believe has pretty well sustained the claims of its disseminator, who says of it: "Color rich red; as compared with the Cheery currant, Fay's Prolific is eqiial in size, better in flavor, containing less acid, and five times as prolific, and from its long, peculiar stem, less expensive to ; Lee's Prolific. The best black currant for all purposes, and one that marks a great advance in the fruit of its class. It is earlier than Blace Naples, with very large berries; larger, longer clusters and even more prolific than that prolific kind. Qual- ity superior. Like Blace Naples, of special value for jellies and jams, and for V planting at the far north. La Versaillaise. Very large, red; long bunch of great beauty and
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