Narrative
Plants large, vigorous, upright to slightly spreading, dense, productive, young shoots numerous. Flowers early in long loose drooping many-flowered clusters. Fruit late midseason to late, hangs a long time after ripening, berries variable in size, averaging medium to large, roundish oblate, glossy, dark red, skin smooth, thin, tender, translucent, flesh firm, juicy, pleasantly subacid, quality good. Received replacements 02/08/1985 from Stephens. Ref info # 45. President Wilder. Wilder is a red currant of the Versailles type, being a seedling of that sort which it greatly surpasses in vigor, productiveness, and size and appearance of fruit. In the great currant regions of New York, Wilder is now the favorite variety, and in the race for commercial supremacy continues to increase the lead it now holds. The fruits are exceptionally handsome, higher in quality, and hang longer after ripening than those of any other commercial sort. A fault is that the fruits are not always uniform in size. Wilder originated with E. G. Teas, Irvington, Indiana about 1878.Plants large, upright-spreading, vigorous, healthy, productive. Leaves large, nearly flat, milky-green, thick. Flowers early, R. vulgare type. Fruit late clusters long, compact, tips filled rather poorly; fruit. stems long; 8-10 berries; which are large, variable in size, round-oblate, dark red; flesh red, firm, juicy, mild subacid; quality good; seeds large, numerous. Hedrick, U.P. 1922. Cyclopedia of Hardy Fruits. The Macmillan Company, NY. p. 301. President Marshall P. Wilder, of the Amer. Pomological Soc.