The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-27
American Trade with the Lovant,
IN RUH uDJrOR m rUu URRAvn

Dried curYsnts having become important article Of
import lately 10 this country, owing 70 the low price and
reduction Of duty to eight per cent I'd vAorem, some in
formation regarding them 70 your readers would perhaps
be interesting
Currsns are grown principally In Greece, In the Pelo
ponessus-or, as II s called In msdern Greek Norea--
the plains Of Corinth, Argos Olympia AchaiA and lila
being covered with fields Of currant vines. Part are
grown In Zante Ccphsona and Ithaca onian lslands)
but what consumed in this country chiefly come nd
recty from Trieste, where nearly all the growth Of nha
and Olympia sent, in small Greek vessels, In bulk
and packed at Trieste in barrels but owing TO the hand
ling, lose the freshness and bloom Of those which are
brought by steamers 1t an expensive freight England
Currans nothing more tnan small seedless grape
called ia Greek osayis. The name In English origi
mated from it's supposed similarly 70 the Engsh currant
In French they called ydisis de Cornthe; in German
CoyinAen, Corinh raisins, which would be ap.
propriate
The vine il similar TO the grape onIy the leaf being Of
lighter texture and color; the cultivation the same,
and many growers, when prices were higher grated their
grape vines into curanS The curran. rpens however
sooner than the grape The gathering gene
rally about the beginning OF August, and currans
gathered in bunches mot pcked), which clustered
bunch and dried plots OF ground which allotted so
much to stremma-two aud half equal 70 an acre
duly weeded and hardened before sewing them The
drying occupies about ten days. according the weather
When dried the stems come off themselves, and are
sWopt WIN TOuRu OtoOm tue Ifuit no,DR leaDeu
resdy 70 be stripped with the rss wind wiunowed like
corn.
This fruit when FRESH sdeiclous swce. aud nscous
more 20 than the grape; when dry and mixed With flour
forms pleasant bread, called IN Easlani
bread eaten chiefly in Lancashire and Yorkshire as food
for economy rather than luxury saving large cousump
ton OF meat butter aud expensive Articles bes 1es
It used always in puddipgs, CAKES and ounus'
John Bull, who has q keen appetite for that
which 10 substantial and conducive to health, con.
sumes nom twenty 70 twenty-five thousand tons year.
Germany also consumes about SIX thousand. .fI'
is only during the last twelve months that nuorta
tons from one to two Thousand United States
have increased TO the figure seven thousand
Eve hundred and there s doab. tbs. IL this delicate
fruit were better known and used by farmers and
bakers, in mixing with their bread and lking simole
CAKES az done In Eogland for the laborers lover
classes, It would prove more economical and reshabe
than other food, and would rival England in our i'm
portal ons, having the advantage OF lower duties
10 10 be hoped that this trade, which hitherto has
been carried chiefly With Trieste and England viii be
transacted with Greece direct bottoms There
Ia NO natcn 10 much admired respected Greece 40
the United Stases No vessels Of visited with
greater pleasure than those Which carry the sp,nged
banner. lis, however, seldom q: Patras, where
curl ants are enipped from. -.