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Show Hie Currant f l,nTC. I'rank (I. Cari-entcr In .ImcrlMn AgncultatU Thu hot craKi emp of tlreics Ii that of lha currant grajw, Tho woM currant Horace from the name of ttieclly of Corinth, In Ureeco, nnd It la along the Oulf of Corinth that tho currauta are railed which we uae In our plum jaiddluga. They are n lltltoaecdlifa graiw, which It la aald can La rnliud uownero elia than here, an I which la ahlp'ied nil over tho worl I. Tlieae graiea are raliol In lm meliw Tlnryar,la,nndaalllnglrolu l'a. raa alongtlie (lulf of Corinth one i aura mlliaupnii mlleiof them. Iliehllliare terraci'l, ami upou aomo of thera ler-racta ler-racta there are no vluea, and hi rathe graica aro dried I efore being ahlpid. Along thn gulf there are lleldaofwldto aand which are alio uicd for the dry ligof the currauta, and tha currant crop la ao lmrtanl to tho country that nnamlaMnlor waa aent from tlri-ii, to the United B'.atra not long ago to oak Congrraa lo reduca tho tarltl on nirrauU llreat llrltalu takca alwut j7,ViM,IKiOworthof theaocurranta every ar, and we are, 1 think, the nest lie.1 cualomir tor them. u take I3,0i)il torn oviry ytar aud thli la ubotit oue-ltt fifth of the whole crop. It la a unction lu tho mluda of aomo ngrkullurlita ai to whither ll.eio (.urranta ooull not bo prodiKiil In America. Wo hau all aort of clluiitei, anl amu tarta of Callforulainuiti)irrondvtryiloely lo Iho cllmatn of Corinth. A grwl currant vlm-iurd would l wry rolltable, l.vui Indriocethe nti iroduca a net profit of $10 (er acre, nud a currant vlueyard lilhiro worlli 110) and ttOd nr acre. Iho (Irrok vlnca leglu to Ixar In Hit Ir ilxthjiar, anl are tu their full er. ration whtn thiy are twelve yiata old, after which they continue to bear well for llfty jiaraanl vlni laro known whlcli have tiorne for onu hun drrd jearn. It will In thui iron tint a vlnejard la a fortune. They aro can 1 for Uku Hiomi of the ordinary vlniyarl, aavo that tiny am not allowed al-lowed to grow mora than fiurfctt high. The grapre nru ready for gatlur-lug gatlur-lug In Auguit, an I areioillydrled aud fackidfor ahlpmeut. California hai trnentllathe ran raliu try gotxl oll i , nnd tin ro Ii u i renion why alio hotillnotattimpt the currant urine, lhudemand forcurronti atudlly In. irtuaee, aud Marnellltaof lata jeara haileoulai)lngiigriatniauy for uio In thenuklugof 1'roncli wlim 'I hit currant are, I am told, mixed with thu grntica nnd are taken Inthvlr diltdktato forthlauruto 1 rnuie. |