From: "William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Clove currants
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:48:35 -0500
I think if you let clove currant get thoroughly ripe, you might enjoy
it. I really like the fruit. Then again, Crandall is not a clone, so
there is some variation.
Thanks, Lee. I didn't realize that. I just assumed that 'Crandall' clove
currants were all clones. And note that this was the ONLY named cultivar
of clove currants I found when I was looking for plants. On the
Internet, there was considerable disagreement about whether or not clove
currants needed cross-pollination - and even whether or not there were
separate male and female plants - so I would have loved to find another
cultivar.
I ended up getting one seedling clove currant, instead, but the berries
are REALLY small. Then again, since they taste terrible, I guess I don't
care much about the berry size. :)
I'll keep trying them. Maybe I'll learn to like them,... eventually.
PS. Do they ripen once they're picked? I do have a hard time finding
completely ripe berries, since the birds get them pretty quickly. And
they don't seem to be worth netting.
Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)
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