Re: [NAFEX] Red Currant recommendations

Agreed with Lucky. Lucille been at this for decades. So worth learning
from. She's a master propagator.

Jackie, I forget where you live. You may want to check for a Red Currant
trial in a climate similar to your own. For instance, there were
gooseberries which performed wonderfully for Ed Mashburn in central PA,
which did poorly in the NCGR Repository in Corvallis, OR. (Saw both sites
with my own eyes, surprised at the difference.)

European breeding is about yield, for land is so limited there. If I
recall correctly, the Dutch red currant cultivars were at or near the top,
for consistent yields at certain US sites. Ed settled on Detvan, Tatran
and Rovada, as his best reds, and Lucille offers some or all of those
three. Do read her comments on each. Mildew can be a killer in humid
parts of the US. Lucille's Willamette Valley farm in OR is quite dry in
the summer, very low humidity. If she notes foliar diseases there, I'd run
from planting those susceptible cultivars, most anywhere.

Please find below a lengthy, specific, discussion between Donna and me,
2009, about Ribes potentials in East TN.

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/detvan+tatran+rovada/FMfcgxRnnMtQcvnDWjVDcwQCDKMZzWQc

I confuse the names of my kids and pets some days, so thankful to Google
for easily retrieving posts written15 yrs ago.

Grace and peace to you all! Headed to Phoenix next week, will be foraging
fruits and nuts there. Did same in Mojave Desert with a group of students
3 weeks ago.
Richard Moyer
SW VA, 1800 ft. Lows very rarely in single digits. Highs rarely in the
90s.

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> Jackie,
> Have never grown or eaten a red currant, but I suppose if I were going to
> purchase one or several, I'd be going to Lucille Whitman, at Whitman Farms:
> https://www.whitmanfarms.com
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> On Tue, Jan 2, 2024 at 5:54 PM Jacquelyn Kuehn via NAFEX <
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> > Friends, can you recommend a good, reliable red currant, and suggest a
> > place to purchase it?
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> > > Jerry Lehman, with a group of other Nafex members, went to Russia to a
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> > > American Persimmon
> > > Diospyros virginiana
> > > Are any of you growing persimmons in the North?
> > > Persimmons are listed as Zone 4 hardy. The U of Mn Extension asks if we
> > can provide any info on people's experience in Zone 4.
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> > > --Henry Fieldseth
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