Ben Nevis
Variety of Black currant · Ribes nigrum
Vigorous, high-yielding classic for the juice industry with late ripening.
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4🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1978
Taste & characteristics
Taste
tartjuicy
Susceptibility & resistance
Powdery mildew
Profile
- Parentage
- Consort x (Magnus x Brödtorp)
- Breeder
- Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI)
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 0.9 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium-large, tart berries mainly for juice and industrial processing.
Growth
Vigorous and upright, late-flowering.
Yield
Very productive, long a mainstay of Ribena juice production.
Notes
Moderately susceptible to mildew.
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