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Variety of Black currant · Ribes nigrum

Historic English variety with intense flavour – one of the oldest named blackcurrants.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1850

Taste & characteristics

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Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Small to medium, strongly aromatic berries with a typically robust blackcurrant flavour.

Moderately vigorous, spreading; an old heritage variety.

Moderate to good yield; today mainly a heritage/conservation variety.

Historic significance; more disease-prone than modern varieties.

Site, soil, hardiness and growth follow the species Black currant unless the variety states otherwise. Will it grow where you live? → Check your site on the species page

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