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The English word 'currant' has been used for this fruit only since 1550, taken from the fruit's resemblance to the dried currants of Greece, raisins made from a small seedless grape. The much older English name 'ribes' is of ancient Indo-European origin and is common to other languages.
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Currants are small, rounded fruits with smooth skin. They can be red, yellow, green, or black in color. ... Currants grow in clusters on a low-growing bush and are often dried and used like raisins. ... © 2000 Rosie Lerner, Purdue University Prev Index Next...
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Fruit and Vegetable Gardening question: Where do the fruit currants come from? Currants can be from the shrub in the genus Ribes, such as red currants and black currants. These grow throughout the Northern ... Can you answer these growing vegetables and fruit questions?
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Black Currant Fruit Jellies : Try this Black Currant Fruit Jellies recipe, or post your own recipe for Black Currant Fruit Jellies ... Black Currant Fruit Jellies Reviews...
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Currant Fruit Fly ... Run-off is a complex problem with a number of causes, including susceptible varieties, self-incompatibility, lack of pollination (too few pollinators or poor pollinating conditions), soil fertility levels, virus, currant fruit fly, drought, excessive moisture, Botrytis, frost or varietal intolerance...
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Red, White or Pink Currant ... Very large fruit on extremely long strigs and heavy crops make Rovada an excellent choice for fresh market and U-pick. Very free of mildew and other leaf diseases. Late flowering (May) avoids frost. Flowers and fruits later than Redstart.
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Q: We've had problems with our red currant bushes for the past few years. Once the fruit has set, a ... A: It sounds like a currant fruit fly problem. Female flies lay eggs in the developing currant in spring. Maggots hatch and feed on the berries. The cycle continues when the maggots drop to the soil and overwinter.
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Many different cultivars of red and black currants have been produced. These vary in time of fruit bearing, disease and insect tolerance, and plant size. ... Gov Home > Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives > Crops > Fruit > Currant Production in Manitoba...
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currant dried fruit prepared from a dwarf seedless grape of the Levant; transf. (XVI) to species of Ribes, popularly supposed to be the source of the Levantine currant. orig. (XIV) in pl. phr. raysons of coraunce (see RAISIN) — AN.
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