Big Ben
Variety of Black currant · Ribes nigrum
Variety with the largest berries – sweet enough to eat fresh straight from the bush.
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4🇬🇧 United Kingdom 2005
Taste & characteristics
Taste
tartjuicysweetaromatic
Susceptibility & resistance
RustPowdery mildew
Profile
- Parentage
- SCRI-Auslese (Ben-Reihe)
- Breeder
- Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI)
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 2.5 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Exceptionally large, sweeter berries (up to cherry size), ideal for fresh eating.
Growth
Vigorous, upright; early ripening.
Yield
High yield of large individual berries; popular fresh-market variety.
Notes
Good mildew resistance; marketed as a dessert blackcurrant.
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