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Variety of Black currant · Ribes nigrum
Proven, late-frost-tolerant German variety with long strigs and mild flavour.
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4🇩🇪 Germany 1946
Taste & characteristics
Taste
tartjuicyaromatic
Susceptibility & resistance
Rust
Profile
- Parentage
- Silvergieters Schwarze x Wellington XXX
- Breeder
- Deutsche Züchtung (Sachsen)
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 0.9 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium-sized, aromatic berries on long strigs, easy to pick.
Growth
Moderately vigorous, spreading; late-flowering and thus frost-tolerant.
Yield
Regular, good yield, stable over many years.
Notes
Slightly mildew-prone; a long-established standard variety in commercial growing.
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