. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. KNIGHT'S LARGE RED RED CROSS 303 or identical with Prince Albert, and it is pos- sibly that old sort renamed. Its history is not known. KNIGHT'S LARGE RED. Knight's Ivv proved. Pomona. Knight's Large Red, Knight's Improved, and Pomona are hope- lessly confused. The three names are inter- changed for the same variety, and at least a half-dozen distinct currants bear the names. It is now impossible to select the true type. There are better currants than any that pass under these names. LONDON MARKET. Scotch. London Market is considered the best
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. KNIGHT'S LARGE RED RED CROSS 303 or identical with Prince Albert, and it is pos- sibly that old sort renamed. Its history is not known. KNIGHT'S LARGE RED. Knight's Ivv proved. Pomona. Knight's Large Red, Knight's Improved, and Pomona are hope- lessly confused. The three names are inter- changed for the same variety, and at least a half-dozen distinct currants bear the names. It is now impossible to select the true type. There are better currants than any that pass under these names. LONDON MARKET. Scotch. London Market is considered the best red currant in many parts of the Middle West. Its chief commendatory characters are ability to with- stand hot. dry weather, and resistance to currant borers and currant diseases. It is said to be also the most resistant of all red currants to the pine blister rust. At Geneva, New York, however, the foliage is very susceptible to the currant aphis. The history of the va- riety is obscure; it is several times mentioned as an English variety imported in 1878. It is possibly the Scotch of Great Britain. Plants tall, upright, vigorous, fairly productive. Leaves small, thin, light green, late in opening, very abundant. Flowers open in midseason. Fruit late; clusters long, medium compact, tips wfU filled, 12-20 berries; berries of medium size, variable, round-oblate, dark red; flesh red, firm, juicy, sprightly; quality good ; seeds medium in number, large. MAGNUM BONUM. This variety on the grounds of the New York Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, is very similar to Ver- sailles or identical with it. That the two are alike or the same has been noted in other plantations both in America and England. While the variety was imported from England as long ago as 1850, it is believed that the currant at Geneva is the Magnum Bonum of the original importation. NORTH STAR. This is a comparatively unimportant currant, grown for about thirty years, which is finding less and less favor. The s
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