To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] picking currants
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 08:48:18 -0700
Jim,
It may depend on the variety.
My 'Black Reward' black currants ripen over a couple of weeks. We usually
make two
big pickings and one smaller one.
We pick my running our hands over the strig and all the fruits come off
easily -
if they are ripe.
Red Currants are more difficult. My 'Jonkheer van Tets' have to be picked two
or
three at a time. If I wait until most are ripe, they all squish as they are
picked. I'm thinking of deleting my Red Currant bush.