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  • From: Caren Kirk <quirky@videotron.ca>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Titania Black Currant - Self-Fertile?
  • Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:39:01 -0500

Hello Dan,

I have a rather neglected lonely blackcurrant (I forget which one) and despite a whole bunch of abuse it fruits every year. I am pretty sure no-on else in the neighbourhood has one ( I believe I am the only fruit-obsessed nutter in the area), which leads me to believe it must be self-fertile.

I am not sure whether fruit set would be increased with another plant, personally I hardly ever know what to do with them (although I loved blackcurrant juice as a child in the UK). I got scared about planting more because we have lots of white pines the we adore, but I am too much of a deliberator to get rid of it, even though it's in a unfavourable position. So I guess the abuse will contine!

All that to say, I would say that there's a good chance your Titania will be self-fruitful. Let me know how the flavour is.

Caren Kirk
St. Jerome, QC

On 1/25/2012 10:59 PM, Dan Nave wrote:
I had been under the impression that black currants were not self-fertile,
but this description from
a U of Minnesota write-up says Titania black currant is self-fertile. Can
anyone confirm this?

This would be great for me because I planted quite a few plants and cuttings
last spring of Titania
and Jonkheer Van Tets (thanks to Sam Brungardt), but the identification tags
had been lost so I
don't know which is which until they fruit, and I may not have planted them
near enough to another
black current variety. I guess the Jonkheer Van Tets at least will fruit
since they are
self-fertile red currants. But, (Titania) being self-fertile should increase
yield in any case.

<http://fruit.cfans.umn.edu/garden/currantsgooseberries.htm>

*/Titania/*

A very promising cultivar. High yields of large high-quality berries are
borne earlier---within
three years after planting---than other cultivars. Very vigorous, tall
plants are immune to
blister rust and have good resistance to powdery mildew. Self-fertile:
no other variety need be
planted to get good crops from Titania.


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