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["Brungardt, Sam" <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us>]

Title: RE: [NAFEX] What's the difference between Champagne Currants &WhiteCurrants?

To be truthful, I am not sure. 

Jung's, Raintree Nursery, and Nourse Farms all sell what they are calling 'Pink Champagne' currant.  What I suppose is the same cultivar is listed in the NCGR-Corvallis Ribes Catalog simply as 'Champagne'.:

NCGR-Corvallis Ribes Catalog
Pink Currant Cultivars and Selections
Traits listed are intended for preliminary subgrouping of accessions. Traits are from germplasm release notices, published reports, or observations made at NCGR-Corvallis.

 
Champagne = PI 617916 (1183.001) - Ribes rubrum L. CURRANT-PINK  - MIDSEASON, HERITAGE AMERICAN, FRESH, PROCESSED

Gloire des Sablons = PI 556309 (314.001) - Ribes rubrum L. CURRANT-PINK  - EARLY, RUN-OFF MEDIUM, MILDEW SUSCEPTIBLE, RUST SUSCEPTIBLE

Rosa Hollandische = PI 556307 (210.001) - Ribes rubrum L. CURRANT-PINK - VIRUS INFECTED - RUST SUSCEPTIBLE

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of mIEKAL aND
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:12 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] What's the difference between Champagne Currants &WhiteCurrants?

So the champagne designation is only an indication of fruit color & not some reference to superior wine-making fruit?

~mIEKAL

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Brungardt, Sam<Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us> wrote:
>
> Champagne currants are pink.  This variety has been marketed in the
> past couple of years by a couple of mail order nurseries. -- Sam
> Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn. (USDA Zone 4b)
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