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["Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>]

I believe gooseberries and currants do best in cool climates with
cool roots.  Try Whitman Farms in Oregon.  They have many varieties
and are pleasant to deal with.  Look on Internet for them.           
zone 2-3 Minnesota

---- Original Message ----
From: mullins@gaelicmysts.com
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] currant
Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 09:52:26 -0500

>Does anyone have a really good source of Black and Red currants?
>
>I have seen that most of them seem to be Zone 8 or cooler, I am right
>on 
>zone 8 are there certain varieties I should lean towards?
>
>-rob
>
>
>
>John S wrote:
>> Ernest,
>>
>> I grow Primus, White Imperial, Swedish White white currants, plus a
>
>> fourth white whose name escapes me at the moment (might be Blanka).
> I 
>> also grow Glorie des Sablones, a pink very similar to Pink
>Champaign 
>> and a number of reds.
>>
>> Of these, I do really prefer the taste of the white currants with 
>> Glorie des Sablones a close second over the reds.  For me for fresh
>
>> eating, I do not harvest the whites (as well as the others) until I
>
>> have noticed some of them starting to drop later in the season. 
>The 
>> whites make an excellent sipping juice which can be mixed with
>other 
>> commercial fruit juices.
>>
>> But, gosh, the reds are so beautiful..
>>
>> Lee is far more expert than I and I do not feel comfortable in 
>> speaking to quality.  The Swedish White will start producing this
>year 
>> for me - it is a recent addition.
>>
>> Despite 10 years of annual tasting, I still cannot tolerate the
>taste 
>> of the blacks, except for Crandall
>>
>> John
>>
>> */Ernest Plutko <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>/* wrote:
>>
>>     Has anyone grown Blanka white currant? I read white currants
>are not
>>     high quality. I had Red Lake currants in the past but I didn't
>like
>>     the fruit. Blanka supposedly comes from Slovakia. I am of
>Slovakian
>>     heritage. That is the only reason I ordered Blanka. I also
>ordered
>>     a black currant and a red currant to try them.
>>
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