Red Josta
Variety of Jostaberry · Ribes x culverwellii
Productive jostaberry with red-tinged, near-black berries, a little sweeter than blackcurrant.
7🇺🇸 USA
Taste & characteristics
Taste
tartsweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Schwarze Johannisbeere x Stachelbeere
- Pollination
- self-fertile
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Near-black berries with red highlights; slightly sweeter than a blackcurrant.
Growth
Vigorous, thornless shrub, very productive.
Yield
Very productive and heavy-bearing.
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