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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

Black currant bushes (stems and leaves) have the same distinctive scent as 
black currants, if you bruise them even slightly. So it's pretty easy to sort 
them from red currants.
-- 
Ginda

Typed with Swype. Who knows what I intended to say?

Sherlock Terry <sherlocksmith@gmail.com> wrote:

>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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