. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. will measurean inch and a quarteror more in circum-ference. The BlackCurrant {Rihes nig-rum), is a distinctspecies, and has largeleaves and a coarsergrowth than the com-mon red or whitevarieties. Yaiieties. — There are compara-tively few varietiesof currants in com-mon cultivation. Thestandard red varie-ties are Fays Pkolif-ic, Cheery, La Vee- SAILLAISE, VlCTO- EiA (a late variety),and Red White Grape isthe best white, andthe Black Naples
. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. will measurean inch and a quarteror more in circum-ference. The BlackCurrant {Rihes nig-rum), is a distinctspecies, and has largeleaves and a coarsergrowth than the com-mon red or whitevarieties. Yaiieties. — There are compara-tively few varietiesof currants in com-mon cultivation. Thestandard red varie-ties are Fays Pkolif-ic, Cheery, La Vee- SAILLAISE, VlCTO- EiA (a late variety),and Red White Grape isthe best white, andthe Black Naples,and Lees Peolificthe best of the blackvarieties. FaysProlific is a veryhardy variety and anabundant bearer;the fruit being con-siderably above med-ium size and growingin large clusters, asis shown in the illus-tration of this va-riety, which repre-sents fruit grown by Mr. George S. Josselyn, Fredonia, N. Y. The Black Naples is an old and very large is less acid than the red or white varieties, and has a musky flavor. Being of largergrowth than these, it requires more room in setting, and less pruning than the others PAYS PROLIFIC. 838 THE AMERICAN FARMER. Cultivation. — Tlie currant is propagated witli the greatest ease from cuttings whichshoiild be planted in the autumn or early in the spring. They will soon take root, and shouldbe about a foot in length when set. Currants wUl do well on almost any kind of soU, butthe best results require a deep, rich soil. At the South, they do best in a soil containing amixture of clay. As a general rule, the richer the soil, and the better the cultivation, theheavier the crop, and the larger the berries. Before setting the cuttings, manure and pre-pare the ground the same as for any ordinary crop. Set the cuttings from three to three anda half feet apart, in rows five feet apart; this will require nearly 3,000 plants per acre. Keepthe ground mellow and free from grass and weeds. Mulching during fruiting time adds
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