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[Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com>]

I don't know what conditions it likes, but I'm apparently not providing them. 
I planted a 'Crandall' at the same time as a black currant right next to it, 
and the black currant is about 4 times as high and wide, and covered with 
fruit. The 'Crandall' is barely hanging on. Maybe it doesn't like clay soil 
or something? Road salt? However, it had some beautiful flowers this year, 
and the fragrance was wonderful. I don't know if I should let it mature its 
few fruit or cut them off the poor little thing in the hopes that it grows 
bigger.

Melissa
zone 5, central NY

--- On Fri, 6/3/11, Caren Kirk <quirky@videotron.ca> wrote:

> From: Caren Kirk <quirky@videotron.ca>
> Subject: [NAFEX] Clove currant ribes aureum
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Friday, June 3, 2011, 9:39 AM
>   Is anyone growing ribes aureum
> (clove currant, buffalo currant, golden 
> currant, missouri currant) as an edible ornamental? I've
> heard such 
> wonderful things about its fragrance, read some good
> reviews on it's 
> berries but also read that it yield's very little.
> 
> How big and bushy does it typically get? Any particular
> growing conditions?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Caren Kirk
> St. Jerome, QC