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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

I have lots of fat, well-fed deer.  So 'light' deer pressure, as my deer 
can afford to be picky.

They ate almost my entire crop of apples last year, but as far as I can 
tell have never touched my completely unprotected currant bushes.  I have 
european red currants, clove currants, a gooseberry, and I used to have a 
european back currant.  No deer issues yet with any of them.

(they like the twigs of domestic apples a lot, much more than the twigs of 
native crab apples.  They are very fond of redbud.  They like winter hazel. 
 They like ripe tomatos, but not tomato vines.  At least, that's been my 
experience.)
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Ginda
eastern Mass., zone 6
...... Original Message .......
On Tue, 12 May 2009 12:52:53 -0400 "Cabe, Paul" <CabeP@wlu.edu> wrote:
>Any opinions on relative palatability of Ribes (currants etc.) to deer?  
We have moderate to heavy deer pressure, depending on the year and season.  
So, typically a question of how much protection to plan (rather than 
whether or not to protect).
>Thanks,
>Paul
>Zone 6, in the Shenandoah Valley of VA
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