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RISAGER A very promising high-yielding rust, mildew and leaf spot resistant cultivar from the Netherlands. E736: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each KIROVCHANKA A compact moderately productive rust resistant bush from Russia, noted for its excellent rich flavor. We got it from noted horticulturist and author Lee Reich who loves its flavor. E721: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each Outstanding Cultivars From Eastern Europe HILL’S KIEV SELECT A seedling selection of the Ukrainian cultivar Chereshneva, Hill’s Kiev Select is a heavily productive bush with large berries of excellent flavor. It is a cross of several currant species and produces the best tasting juice and jelly. Raintree brought seeds from Kiev. We sent seedlings to the late famed horticulturist and garden writer Lewis Hill in Vermont who selected this plant as his favorite. E717: $16.50 each, 3+: $13.50 each BELARUSKAJA An exciting cultivar from Belarus recommended by horticulturist Lee Reich from New York. It’s a cross of R. nigrum X ridikuscha. It’s productive and easy to grow, with sweet flavorful fruit. E720: $16.50 each, 3+: $13.50 each OTELO From Slovakia, Otelo is a leading European cultivar that is a heavy midseason bearer with a rich flavor.E727: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each Grower Friendly Scottish Varieties BEN SAREK The Scottish Crop Research Institute has created this compact, frost resistant cultivar for the backyard grower. The highly mildew and somewhat rust resistant bush is easily maintained at 3 feet tall with 3 feet of spacing. It is consistently so loaded with large, flavorful shiny fruit that branches may need support and can be shaken to harvest the crop. Self fertile. E716: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each, 10+: $10 each BEN MORE Strong upright branches support the very large crops. Large fruit of excellent flavor, ripens evenly. It’s late flowering often avoids spring frosts. Mildew resistant. E715: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each, 10+: $10 each BEN LOMONDThe most popular commercial variety in Scotland. It is a very heavy producer with the traditional strong pungent flavor. The “Ben” series, named after the mountains of Scotland are among the easiest to grow and highest quality black currants in the world. This bush is compact, upright to 5 feet tall and easy to grow and prune and is rated very high in both vitamin C and anthocyanins. Ben Lomond ripens mid July. E714: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each, 10+: $10 each Save Shipping on Smaller Plants If your entire order consists of berries and other small plants, call us at 1-800-391-8892 for a shipping quote. English Winners from Across the Pond HILLTOP BALDWIN Rated the best variety for making jelly from 70 varieties tested at the WSU experimental station in Puyallup, Washington, Hilltop Baldwin is a legendary English favorite. It bears a heavy crop of fruit with a sweet, black currant flavor and the highest vitamin C content. E750: $16.50 each, 3+: $13.50 each, 10+: $11.50 each CHAMPION A vigorous, upright, mildew resistant, very productive bush with late-season ripening, Champion has very good quality fruit. It was brought from England to the U.S. in 1897. E703: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each GREEN’S BLACK This productive English cultivar fruits on long clusters that ripen mid-season. Its balance of sweet/tart flavors rank it at the top. E712: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each BLACKDOWN (Baldwin x Broadtorp) A tasty British favorite and easy to pick, it is a large spreading, mildew resistant bush with large, firm berries.E710: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each WELLINGTON XXX Enjoy large hanging clusters of black currants. Upright, vigorous bushes grow 3 to 4 feet tall. Wellington XXX is a strong producer and very hardy. E719: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each MENDIP CROSS This currant is a 1920 British hybrid of Baldwin x Boskoop. Vigorous bushes bear large sweet fruit prolifically for many weeks starting in early season. E723: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each WESTWICK Enjoy large sweet firm fruit on a vigorous, compact bush from this late-ripening and superior English cultivar. E751: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each Dutch Horticulturists Fancy These BOSKOOP GIANT Originating in Holland before 1885, the very large, sweet fruits are first to ripen. Vigorous bushes are moderate croppers and resist mildew but aren’t frost resistant in some areas. E705: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each BLACK REWARD From the Netherlands and among the best flavored, these large bushes produce heavy crops of large berries. It flowers late and is a consistent producer. E711: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each More European Favorites SWEDISH BLACK A fruitful, mildew resistant and hardy cultivar, Swedish Black has a vigorous, spreading habit and flavorful, medium-size fruit. E734: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each MOPSYA large productive black currant with good flavor that ripens early in the season, Mopsy is grown commercially in Oregon. E726: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each CURRANT & GOOSEBERRY RESTRICTIONS State laws prohibit our shipping red and white Currants or Gooseberries to DE, ME, NC, NH, NJ, RI, WV and MA except by permit in certain towns. Black Currants may not be sent to the states mentioned above, as well as Rhode Island. Only-rust resistant varieties may go to OH & MI. If you live in one of these states and believe your area may be exempt, please send us documentation from your state Department of Agriculture with your order. 18 Order online at www.RaintreeNursery.com or call 1-800-391-8892.
INVIGO This high yielding, vigorous bush from Germany produces medium-size, easy-to-pick, flavorful berries. E728: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each STRATA This early season variety from Germany is mildew resistant. E722: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each SEPTEMBER BLACK An old time European cultivar that ripens in late season. The fruit is large and firm with a mild flavor, and it's very productive. E718: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each TSEMA A compact black currant bush, Tsema is highly mildew resistant and very productive plant. E755: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each Yellow Flowered Clove Currant CRANDALL (Ribes odoratum) The most ornamental and the sweetest in flavor of all the black currants, Crandall has deliciously clove-scented yellow flowers early in spring on a spreading 3 to 4 feet tall bush. It makes a beautiful edible hedge. The gooseberry shaped leaves turn brilliant red and yellow in the late summer and fall. The fruit is large for a currant and round. It has a nice sweet flavor without the black currant aftertaste. It makes a milder jam, syrup or dried fruit than other black currants. The plant is rust resistant and easy to grow. E700: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each; 10+: $10 each WHITE AND PINK CURRANTS White and pink currants are rarely available. Their hardiness and growth habit is much like their red cousins. They are very productive and high in Vitamin C. Bushes grow to 5 feet tall. USDA Zones 3-8. PRIMUS WHITE This cultivar from Slovakia is grown for its sweeter flavor and frost and mildew resistance. This compact bush produces large strings of fruit in mid-season, used for cooking, wine and juice.E795: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each BLANCA WHITE Blanca is very productive and used for winemaking, juice, and fresh eating. It has a vigorous, spreading growth habit and produces fruit at mid-season. E792: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each PINK CHAMPAGNE Long clusters of pink fruit adorn this beautiful bush. It's a productive, white pine rust resistant, upright grower. E787: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each GLOIRE DE SABLONS Long, translucent pink clusters of sweet fruit bedeck this beautiful bush. This upright, vigrous grower is disease-resistant and grows to about 4 feet tall. E788: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each Currants Cross Gooseberries JOSTABERRY A thornless cross between a black currant and a gooseberry, Jostaberries have the vigorous growth habit, the high vitamin C content and the disease resistance of the black currant. The leaves are gooseberry-like and the fruit, looks like a gooseberry until it is ripe. As it ripens in late June, the elongated berries turn almost black. The flavor is sweet like a ripe gooseberry with just a pleasing hint of the stronger currant flavor. Jostaberries are ornamental, thornless and easy to grow. They are resistant to both powdery mildew and white pine blister rust. Bushes should be pruned like a gooseberry. Jostaberries make a great tasting jam. E700: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each; 10+: $10 each ORUS 8 Another cross between a black currant and a gooseberry, these mildew and aphid resistant bushes are very productive and upright with some thorns. Fruit is round, medium size, dark pruple and very flavorful. Great eaten fresh, or used to make jelly or wine.E700: $14.50 each, 3+: $12 each; 10+: $10 each How To Use Currants IN THE LANDSCAPE: Use as a foundation planting, in containers, espaliers, in the perennial borders or in hedges. IN THE KITCHEN: Red and white currants are prized in jams, jellies and streudels. Black currants, in juices, syrups, jellies and liqueurs. Currants are not usually eaten fresh! Useful Facts POLLINATION: Red and white currants are self-fertile, black currants partially self-fertile. PLANT SPACING: 4 feet apart. SIZE AT MATURITY: 3-5 feet tall. HARDINESS: USDA Zones 3-8 EXPOSURE: Sun or partial shade. ORIGIN: Europe. YEARS TO FIRST FRUIT: Two. RIPENING: Late June, early July. LIFE EXPECTANCY: 15 to 30 years. How To Grow SOIL REQUIREMENTS: pH of 5 to 7, prefers good garden loam but will tolerate heavy or sandy soils. CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS: Mulch with manure or compost, apply nitrogen sparingly. Requires annual pruning of old canes. Fruit is born on new wood. Currants grow best in cool summer areas. PRUNING: When planting black currants, cut each shoot back to three buds. Each winter, prune out old shoots. See the “Plant Owners Manual” that comes with your order. Prune red and white currants like gooseberries. CHOCOLATE BERRY GOLDEN LANTERNS® HONEYSUCKLE (Leycestria formosa) This amazing edible ornamental shrub, native to lower altitudes in Tibet, is also called Chocolate berry. Golden Lanterns® is an outstanding selection with bright golden, heart-shaped leaves, reddish new growth and pendulous white and burgundy flowers that attract butterflies and bees. In late summer and early fall, the plant produces lots of small, round, green berries that turn dark purple when ripe and have a flavor akin to bitter chocolate. In the South, the 6 feet tall, upright shrub stays beautiful year round, but in the North, it dies back to the ground each winter and resprouts the following spring. Hardy to Zone 6 if mulched. It likes well-drained soil. Zones 6-10. 1-quart pot. D604: $22.50 each HIMALAYAN HONEYSUCKLE (Leycestria formosa) The same as the Golden Lanterns listed above but with green instead of golden leaves. 1-quart pot. D605: $22.50 each 19
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