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  • From: "William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Ribes odoratum (Clove or Buffalo Currant)
  • Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:10:13 -0600

Very interesting, Hal.

I have quite a number of clove and golden currants that I am testing. For me,
'Crandall' does reasonably well, but gets defoliated by mid to late summer.

Due to the heat, you mean? Or insects?


It sets fruit without cross-pollination, but when I saved some pollen from an
earlier blooming clove currant of unknown origin, and used it on the
'Crandall' flowers, the fruits were 2-4 times larger.


I planted six 'Crandall' currants last summer, but I also planted one seedling clove currant, just in case cross-pollination would help. It sounds like that was a good idea. Presumably one seedling currant would be enough? They're all in the same area. Hmm,... but it sounds like your second clove currant didn't bloom at the same time as the 'Crandall'?

And could you explain how you prune your Ribes odoratum?

Thanks,

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5a)

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