. Catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, small fruits, roses, Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Commercial catalogs New York (State) Rochester. /. V Currants. Fay's Prolific —This variety has been very highly praised, and it merits it. It is very productive, hardy and vig-orous ; it will average larger than Cherry, and twice as productive; of the finest quality, and brings best prices on the market: fruit bunches 3 to 5 inches long, easily picked. Mr. Williams, in Garden and Forest says : " I never found a Currant so satisfactory for jell
. Catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, small fruits, roses, Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Commercial catalogs New York (State) Rochester. /. V Currants. Fay's Prolific —This variety has been very highly praised, and it merits it. It is very productive, hardy and vig-orous ; it will average larger than Cherry, and twice as productive; of the finest quality, and brings best prices on the market: fruit bunches 3 to 5 inches long, easily picked. Mr. Williams, in Garden and Forest says : " I never found a Currant so satisfactory for jelly and table use, and if picked at the right time, it makes more jelly and in less time than any other variety. With berries half an inch in diameter, and bunches from four to five inches long, and bushes literally loaded, it would seem that perfection in Currants has been reached.'" 2-year, dozen, . $; 100, $ North Star —The introducers claim for this that it is the best growing Currant, making a larger bush and raising more fruit than any other variety. The best flavored and most prolific of all Currants. Mr. Wiley, of Geneva, at the Western New York Horticultural Society, January 24, stated that it was wonderfully prolific, not so large as Cherry, but bright, shining berries that caught the eye of the buyer. Bunches very large, 4 inches in length : and the strongest grower of all, requiring more room than other red kinds ; quality sweet and rich, and suitable for the coldest and most extreme climate. We should like everyone to try this and report on it. 25 cts. each ; dozen, $ V Black Champion — English variety of great value : finest quality of all the black varie- ties ; very sweet and delicious ; bushes very thrifty and strong grower ; berries very large often fruits heavily at two years in the nur- sery row : fruits yearly. Each, 10 cts. ; doz., $; 100, $().00. Stark, 111. "The trees 1 sold around here last spring are doing fine, and I t
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