ribes

We see now as strangers those little hanging horsetails of pink which sad-faced elders call ribes, but once long ago when the world was young we knew them eye to eye, and the compact little black insects on them, and the quaint taste of them, and the clean clean smell of them.

Red Pottage 2004

If the director, either personally or through his assistants, finds ribes, that is, any variety of currants or gooseberries, whether wild or cultivated, or five leafed pines, which are either in - fected with white pine blister rust, or so situated that in his opinion they are likely to become so infected, he or his assist - ants may destroy or cause to be destroyed such ribes or five leafed pines.

Acts and resolves passed by the General Court 1663

Africanus; cherry – tree in fruit; ribes; figs in fruit; rasps; vineflowers; lavender in flowers; the sweet satyrian, with the white flower; herba muscaria; lilium convallium; the apple – tree in blossom.

The Essays 2007

The bright almost lime-green of the new leaves on the ribes, the lovely pure green of the new ferns, the mosses, the holly, and of course the cedars.

This Week intertext 2006

In May and June come pinks of all sorts, specially the blush-pink; roses of all kinds, except the musk, which comes later; honeysuckles; strawberries; bugloss; columbine; the French marigold, flos Africanus; cherry-tree in fruit; ribes; 5 figs in fruit; rasps; vine-flowers; lavender in flowers; the sweet satyrian, with the white flower; herba muscaria; 6 lilium convallium; 7 the apple-tree in blossom.

XLVI. Of Gardens 1909

Ribes sanguineum ribes species richardia ricinus rill "improved"

Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) 1906

The flowering-currant of the Pacific Coast or North American scarlet ribes (_Ribes sanguineum_), a very popular ornamental shrub, will serve as a good example.

Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891

Another new Mt. Rose _ribes_ has been named _Churchii_ in honor of Professor J.E. Church, Jr., whose original work at the Mt. Rose Observatory is described in the chapter devoted to that purpose.

The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter George Wharton James 1890

In Southern California all the fruit of the wild _ribes_ have the thorns, but they do not compare in penetrating power and strength with those of the Tahoe gooseberries.

The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter George Wharton James 1890

In the evening when she returned from the farm she came singing into the little court, where the gilly flowers and daffodils were once more swaying in the wind, and the much treasured ribes was hanging out its scented pink tassels.

Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead Allen Raine 1885