Currants Up North

By Travis Czechowsi I have some words on currants I would like to pass on to club members.  Though personally I have grown currant bushes for 5 years now, I grew up around massive amounts of them and gooseberries in western New York State.  One of the strains I have of a black currant came…

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Featured Fruit: American Red Currant

  American Red Currant (Ribes Triste) These , straggly, thorn free shrubs grow 1 1/2 feet to 5 feet high with  reddish brown shreddy bark.  The smooth leaves have 3-5 toothed lobes, and may or may not be hairy underneath.  The fruit is ready in late summer, drooping in clusters from the stems just below…

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