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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

That is my experience.  I often get current aphids, and the affected leaves 
look pretty ugly. But I rarely do anything about them, and the plants have 
remained healthy for years, now.

Ginda

On Jun 4, 2011, at 9:50 AM, mIEKAL aND wrote:

> I just discovered Currant Aphids on a bunch of Crandall starts.  The leaves
> are all puffy & slightly discolored.  Reading around the net it seems like
> they mostly cause cosmetic damage & don't really injure the plants.
> 
> ~mIEKAL
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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
>> 
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