Please help with black currants and gooseberries varieties info

mayax68 · July 14, 2009

Hello everyone. I have a question that might sound strange. Our family loves black currants and gooseberries. My father in law has about 50 plants growing in their backyard. But the varieties that we grow are the standard varieties that came out of catalogs and so far I have not been impressed. I recently came across a Canadian site that sells currants and gooseberries. I was really intrigued by the gooseberry called Xenia and black currant called Blackcomb. I contacted the nursery, but they sell in bulk - 120 plants min. I could not find any links for the Blackcomb and Xenia only came up for European sites. Does anyone know where I can acquire these plants in USA? Does anyone grow these?

Thank you.
Maya.

Tormato · July 15, 2009

Maya,

I had no luck in a search for a source outside of the UK.

However, you might want to try contacting a nursery, such as www.noursefarms.com, to see if they can get those varieties.

Gary

remy · July 24, 2009

The Cornell site of where you can buy plants only lists Blackcomb as available in Canada from McGinnis which is the same company that has Xenia, wierd that Xenia is not listed on the Cornells site. McGinnis's site says that Xenia is not available in the US yet.
But maybe you could call the companies listed on the Cornell site to see if any of them is going to carry Blackcomb or Xenia next year.
http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/Berries...ies/ribes.html
Remy

July 14, 2009	#1
mayax68 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: USA, CT Posts: 106	Please help with black currants and gooseberries varieties info Hello everyone. I have a question that might sound strange. Our family loves black currants and gooseberries. My father in law has about 50 plants growing in their backyard. But the varieties that we grow are the standard varieties that came out of catalogs and so far I have not been impressed. I recently came across a Canadian site that sells currants and gooseberries. I was really intrigued by the gooseberry called Xenia and black currant called Blackcomb. I contacted the nursery, but they sell in bulk - 120 plants min. I could not find any links for the Blackcomb and Xenia only came up for European sites. Does anyone know where I can acquire these plants in USA? Does anyone grow these? Thank you. Maya.

July 24, 2009	#3
remy Buffalo-Niagara Tomato TasteFest™ Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Z6 WNY Posts: 2,354	The Cornell site of where you can buy plants only lists Blackcomb as available in Canada from McGinnis which is the same company that has Xenia, wierd that Xenia is not listed on the Cornells site. McGinnis's site says that Xenia is not available in the US yet. But maybe you could call the companies listed on the Cornell site to see if any of them is going to carry Blackcomb or Xenia next year. http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/Berries...ies/ribes.html Remy __________________ "I wake to sleep and take my waking slow" -Theodore Roethke Yes, we have a great party for WNY/Ontario tomato growers every year on Grand Island! Owner of The Sample Seed Shop

July 15, 2009	#2
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,968	Maya, I had no luck in a search for a source outside of the UK. However, you might want to try contacting a nursery, such as www.noursefarms.com, to see if they can get those varieties. Gary