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Orus 8

Variety of Jostaberry · Ribes x culverwellii
Best-tasting jostaberry selection of the US ORUS series, but with a few thorns.
Edible value7
🇺🇸 USA

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Parentage
Schwarze Johannisbeere x Stachelbeere (US-ORUS-Zuchtreihe)
Pollination
self-fertile

Flowering & harvest

J F M A M J J A S O N D
Flowering
Fruit harvest
Storage

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

Description

Fruit

Dark, flavourful berries; regarded by connoisseurs as the best-tasting jostaberry.

Growth

Vigorous shrub from the American ORUS breeding line; unlike European varieties it bears some thorns.

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