Ben Lomond
Variety of Black currant · Ribes nigrum
Robust Scottish standard variety with a late, even crop of large, tart berries.
7
6
4🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1975
Taste & characteristics
Taste
tartjuicyaromatic
Susceptibility & resistance
RustPowdery mildew
Profile
- Parentage
- Consort x (Magnus x Brödtorp)
- Breeder
- Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI)
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 1 g
Flowering & harvest
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flowering | ||||||||||||
| Fruit harvest |
Description
Fruit
Large, uniform, tart-aromatic berries with high vitamin C content, good for juice and processing.
Growth
Compact to upright growth, late-flowering and thus less exposed to late spring frosts.
Yield
High, reliable yield; a leading commercial European variety for decades.
Notes
Susceptible to mildew; partly superseded by later Ben varieties.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
Plan this plant into your own garden
Plan this variety into your own garden, compare varieties and find pollinators – with the variety finder in the app.
← Back to Black currant