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From: [mailto: Ribes60@aol.com]
To: Nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 13:31:32 EST
Subject: [NAFEX] More on Black Currants

I do the edible landscaping thing, and am always at a loss as to what the 
mature plant will look like, should it live that long.  How big do black 
currants get?  Height/width.  Have one living in a pot, and it really would 
like to get into some real dirt this year.



To expand on Richard Moyers comments re: black currants. I have run several 
taste tests here at my planting when I have had "Open House", I have about 50 
named varieties plus several hundred seedlings from the breeding program. We 
have some seedlings that are really unpalatable, and I really like currants 
and they have to be a real "dog" for me to spit them out, but we have some 
that are that bad. We also have some that even people that have never tasted 
a currant like. I really think that in the next 5 or so years we will have 
black currants that will be used fresh more so than processed.

Cranberries are a fruit that is not often used fresh but is very good 
processed.

I have grown all the varieties recommended by Lucile Whitman and agree with 
her, some on the list yeild much better than others. I really like 
Silvergeiter but it does not yield as well as Ben Lomand. I grow more Ben 
Lomands than any other, but will be planting more of the Russians as I think 
they will lead the future. Minaj is certainly a very good variety, it is 
early and very high yielding. It is a large plant as is Titania and Ben 
Lomand.

I lso agree that black currants are one of the most reliable fruits that can 
be grown in the temporate or northern areas. Then can stand very low winter 
temps (40 below Zero) but do not like summer temps greater than 90 to 95 (F)

Ed Mashburn
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