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Speaking of [color]berries, have you trued blackcurrants, redcurrants and whitecurrants?

• woobar 8y ago
  Currants are [mostly] unknown in the USA. Biggest reason is the ban on black currants cultivation from a 100 years ago. I don't care much for fresh red or white currants (they are good in jams though), but black currant is something I really miss here.
  • mrob 8y ago
    The reason for that ban is that currant plants can spread white pine blister rust[0], which American pine trees have little resistance to. However, plant breeders are working on resistant strains of blackcurrant and pine tree, and the ban is decided by individual states, so it's not impossible to get blackcurrants in the US. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronartium_ribicola https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronartium_ribicola
  • ip26 8y ago
    There are many other varieties of currant, many native and thus easy to grow.