Ribes grossularia The European succeed but indifferently in this country, unless it be in the dry atmosphere of a city. Mildew, the especial enemy of this fruit, seizes on it, and speedily arrests the circulation of the juices - the consequence is inevitable disease. It has been said that a solution of whale-oil soap will destroy the parasite, and preserve the fruit healthful and perfect.

Varieties

If quality be the chief consideration, as most assuredly it ought to be, the following are the best: -

Red Champagne.

Red Turkey.

Keen's seedling, Warrington.

Early White.

Woodward's Whitesmith.

Hebburn.

Green Prolific.

White Fig.

Pigmaston.

Green Gage.

Yellow Champagne.

Taylor's Bright Venus.

Red Warrington.

Rumbullion.

If size be the primary object, the following may be cultivated: -

The size to which some of these have been grown are as follows: -

Roaring Lion .... 29 dwts.

Teazer......32;"

Young Wonderful . . . 27½ "

Companion.....28 "

London......35 "

To Raise Varieties

The seed must be taken from perfectly ripe berries, and sown immediately in pots of light loam, to remain in the green-house during winter, or be preserved in sand until February, and then sown. The soil must be kept moderately moist until they are large enough to prick out in beds.

Cuttings are the best mode of propagating approved kinds. Take a bearing shoot not less than nine inches long; remove all the buds but the top three, and bury them to within an inch of the lowest bud left. Plant them in rows eighteen inches apart each way.