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W/ my *very* limited taste experience w/ black currants, in the raw 
form they taste like what I imagine dirt would taste like.  

They do make a wonderful jelly, and there was a purveyor that sold 
black currant tea that smelled wonderful (but it didn't really taste 
of anything.)

Perhaps Ed could recommend varieties of blacks that taste better in 
their raw form (Do the 'good' tasting black currants also process 
well?)

Chris Mauchline
SE PA, zone 6

--- In nafex@y..., Ginda Fisher <ginda@c...> wrote:
> I put in a Consort two years ago, and it was so vigorous that I 
moved it
> into the woods.  (Also, I didn't care for the flavor.  My limited
> backyard full sun gets saved for things I like to eat.)    The first
> year it had some aphids early in the season, but my attitude towards
> aphids is to ignore them unless the plant looks unhappy, which it
> didn't.  Soon they disappeared.  I don't think I've ever seen a
> healthier plant.  Productive, too, despite being my sole black 
currant.  
> 
> Ginda
> 
> Margie Luffman wrote:
> > 
> > Of the 3 rust resistant Canadian cultivars mentioned, Consort is 
far superior. We have 43 black currant cultivars. Last year was a 
very good year to assess rust. Ben More and Ben Nevis did poorly but 
Ben Lomond was not bad. Minej Smyrev also did very well; ie no trace 
of rust.
> > 
> > Margie Luffman
> > Curator, Canadian Clonal Genebank Program
> > Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
> > Greenhouse and Processing Crops Research Centre
> > 2585 County Road 20
> > Harrow, Ontario
> > N0R 1G0
> > 
> > Phone: 519-738-2251 ext. 474
> > Fax:     519-738-2929
> > E-mail: luffmanm@e...
> > 
> > >>> Sam Brungardt <samb@p...> 02/06 8:02 am >>>
> > Del, currants and gooseberries will thrive in the Bemidji area
> > without doubt.  Important thing is to get WPBR-resistant 
cultivars.
> > For black currant that would be Titania, one of the 3 resistant
> > Canadian cultivars (probably less productive and not as high
> > quality--Consort, Crusader and Coronet), or Minaj Smirnou
> > (spelling?).  Viking is a red currant resistant to WPBR.  
Generally,
> > cultivated gooseberries are thought to pose less of a WPBR threat
> > (I'll try to get you some data on this.)
> > 
> > Finally, you mentioned that white pine were about impossible to 
grow
> > due to deer predation.  There's a very simple paper collar that 
can
> > be put on the growing point(s) of young white pine that is 
supposed
> > to reduce browsing considerably.  Call you local DNR office for
> > particulars; they have a fact sheet on this in their forestland
> > owners manual.--Sam, St. Paul, Minn.
> > 
> > >       Thanks all, .....you've convinced me to give ribes a 
serious
> > >try,  I think
> > >they could do well here.  Now off to do my research and 
choices,    and I'll
> > >look into resistant White Pines- had never heard of that....if 
only there
> > >were ones deer and porcupines were allergic to...     got up to 
33F today...
> > >the sound of dripping water! Mn. Del
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