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[david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>]

I built hardware cloth barriers around my black currants when they get dark. 
So far, birds are more interested in the Bing cherry across the street - a 
standard from which no human ever gets fruit. 

Dave Liezen, E. WA zone 6


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> From: 6ducks@gmail.com
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 16:58:53 -0500
> Subject: [nafex] white currants
>
> Does anyone grow white or pink currants such as Primus? I grow black
> currants, but keeping the birds from them is a trial. I've wondered if I'd
> have better luck with other currants instead. I've heard that birds don't
> generally bother the lighter colored fruits-something about birds not
> recognizing the fruit as ripe because of its color.
>
>
>
> Can anyone confirm or deny this? Do you grow other currants that birds
> don't bother?
>
>
>
> Michele in SW Ohio
>
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