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  • From: Sherlock Terry <sherlocksmith@gmail.com>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Titania Black Currant - Self-Fertile?
  • Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:22:33 -0500

Dan,

I have a single Titania bush. It is a quick grower and self-fertile. I
imagine you'll be able to sort out your plants pretty quickly because they
fruit from a young age.

-Sherlock
VT


On Jan 26, 2012, at 7:39 AM, Caren Kirk wrote:

> 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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