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Currant Bushes

Currant fruits have vibrant colors and are one of the first fruits of the season to ripen. They can be eaten fresh or used in baking or in jellies. All the currant varieties listed here are resistant to white pine blister rust and mildew. They are all self-fertile. Fruiting currants are listed here. For Red Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum) see Native Shrubs.

No currants to NC and MA.

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CHERRY RED CURRANT (Ribes sativum)

Larger fruits. Early ripening of juicy, flavorful fruit. Mildew and rust resistant. Cherry Red Currant is very hardy to Zone 3-8.

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CONSORT BLACK CURRANT (Ribes ussuriense)

Large, sweet black fruits, on a vigorous, productive bush. Consort has a strong flavor not as well liked as Minaj Smyriou or Crandall as a fresh fruit, but good for jam. Consort is the highest black currant variety tested in antioxidants & total phenolics, making it a healthy choice. It has the highest level of resistance to white pine blister rust disease. Zone 3 - 9.

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CRANDALL BLACK CURRANT (Ribes odoratum)

Large shiny black fruits are very aromatic and are excellent for jam or jelly, yet sweet enough to eat fresh. Crandall has a fruity grape like flavor, very good, but different from European black currants. Native to the Great Plains. Very hardy & disease resistant. Yellow flowers with clove fragrance are attractive in spring. Good fall color. Zone 2 - 8.

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GOLDEN CURRANT (Ribes aureum)

Clusters of fragrant, bright yellow flowers in spring followed by sweet and juicy, large orange to burgundy berries. Fruit keeps up to 2 months on the bush. A vigorous, widely adapted shrub, to 9 feet in height. Golden Currant is a native from Nebraska to Washington. Also called 'Clove Currant'. Zone 2-8

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JOSTABERRY (Black Currant x Gooseberry)

A complex cross of North American coastal gooseberry, European black currant, and European improved gooseberry varieties. Thornless sprawling shrub producing dark fruits with a mild black currant flavor and firm gooseberry texture. Jostaberry fruit is larger than black currant, but smaller than most gooseberries; has papery blossom remnant on fruit just like gooseberry. Vigorous, productive and disease resistant. Early to leaf out and late to drop leaves that turn sunny yellow in fall, making it a great addition to a mixed hedgerow. Fruits favored by birds. Zone 3-8.

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MINAJ SMYRIOU BLACK CURRANT (Ribes nigrum)

Bulgarian variety with excellent European black currant flavor. Minaj Smyriou Currant tastes very good eaten fresh and for jam or juice. Zone 3-8.

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WHITE IMPERIAL CURRANT (Ribes sativum)

Beautiful, medium sized translucent white fruit. Sweet, high in vitamin C, flavorful, and productive. White Imperial Currant grows to become a compact bush. Zone 3-8.

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KING EDWARD VII FLOWERING CURRANT (Ribes sanguineum)

A select later blooming variety of red flowering currant. Dense form, more compact growing than others of the species. Spectacular crimson flowers in early spring. Blue edible berries. King Edward VII is a selection of the northwest native Ribes sanguineum currant. Zone 6-8.

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