The practical fruit grower . ise.—Bush more straggling and larger than the last;bunch longer, berry not quite as large, but of better quality. Victoria.—Resembles the last in form of branch, but is moreacid and valuable for its lateness. Fays Prolific.—This is a new variety, resembling the Cherry,but claimed to be more productive. Its only merit, if it has anyabove the older varieties, is in its productiveness. Red Dutch.—An old variety, very productive, and fruit of finequality. Under good cultivation it becomes of good size, and isprofitable. White Grape.—The white currants are less acid and
The practical fruit grower . ise.—Bush more straggling and larger than the last;bunch longer, berry not quite as large, but of better quality. Victoria.—Resembles the last in form of branch, but is moreacid and valuable for its lateness. Fays Prolific.—This is a new variety, resembling the Cherry,but claimed to be more productive. Its only merit, if it has anyabove the older varieties, is in its productiveness. Red Dutch.—An old variety, very productive, and fruit of finequality. Under good cultivation it becomes of good size, and isprofitable. White Grape.—The white currants are less acid and of betterquality than the red kinds, but not as valuable. This is one ofthe best varieties in quality and size. White Dutch.—Resembles the Red Dutch in habit of growthand fruit; very productive. Black (Ribes nigra).—In some sections this fruit finds readysale. Its immense productiveness would make it very profitableif there was a demand for the fruit. There is a very promising INSECTS AFFECTING THE CURRANT. 93. field for experiment in this line in the production of new varie-ties. If a variety equally productive, of an improved quality,can be produced by hybridization or otherwise, the originator canmake considerable money out of it. Insects. — The CurrantWorm (Nematus ve?itricosus)is shown in Fig. 70, a beingthe male, and b the female,both enlarged to twice theirnatural size. This is themost destructive insect thatattacks the Currant. The fe-male lays its eggs upon theveins of the under side of leaf(as shown in Fig. 71). Soonafter they unfold the larvee,which hatch in a few days,and are illustrated at Fig. 72,feed rapidly, often denudingthe bushes in a short time,and, soon maturing, make acocoon, either upon dry sub-stance near, or in the the latter part of June thefly (Fig. 70, b,) escapes from the cocoon and lays more eggs,which hatch out, and the second brood appears just as the fruitis beginning to ripen, and often strips the vines of leaves in a
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