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[Lee Reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com>]

Quoting myself again, 

            The most widely grown clove currant was found in the wild by R. W. Crandall of Newton, Kansas, in 1888. ‘Crandall’, as it was called, had the virtue of bearing tasty fruits up to three-quarters of an inch in diameter. Unfortunately, many plants sold as ‘Crandall’ were seedlings, so plants were variable, leading some writers to report the flavor as good, others to report “tough skin, unpleasant flavor” (fruits on my plants have tender skins and a very nice flavor). In 1867, ‘Deseret’ was selected. This clove currant cultivar was productive and bore large, dark fruits, “pleasant and slightly tart.” ‘Jelly’, another cultivar, had a tough skin, but an “agreeable” taste, and ‘Vermillion’, ‘Golden Prolific’, and ‘Amber’ evidently were cultivars with brightly colored fruits.

Lee Reich, PhD

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On Nov 6, 2009, at 8:55 PM, Lon J. Rombough wrote:

In an old USDA Yearbook of Agriculture it indicates "Crandall" was often grown from seed by commercial nurserymen, so it apparently comes pretty true from seed.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
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On Nov 6, 2009, at 5:37 PM, Richard Moyer wrote:

Ginda wrote:
On a related note: ?I have a couple of currant seedlings that look like they are from my crandall currants. ?Does anyone know if the fruit quaity of seedlings is likely to be worth their space?
 
Ginda,
We had only one Ribes for about 10 years, a single Crandall.  Seedlings from it came up in our beds and I planted out a row of 5 of these.   All five are large and sprawling, and the fruit is indistinguishable from the parent plant.
Richard
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