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THE NEW VARIETIES WITH FROST RESISTANCE
The Scottish Crop Research Institute and East Malling Research Station have developed new varieties that tolerate adverse weather conditions, flower later to avoid spring frosts and crop heavily, consistently from year to year. Always producing a quality fruit and consistently outyielding the older varieties. OUR BUSHES ARE OF EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY! ALL VARIETIES ARE MINISTRY CERTIFIED, OR GROWN FROM MINISTRY CERTIFIED STOOLBEDS.
Varieties and Pricing
A heavy yielding, mid-late season variety, raised by the Scottish Crop Research Institute. Flowering up to 2 weeks later than Baldwin, the flowers have good frost resistance and will normally escape frost damage. The very large, quality fruit are of very good flavour. Strong and compact, the bush is slightly
Raised by the Scottish Crop Research Institute and introduced by us. Ben More is by far the best for plant habit, making a good cup-shaped. easy to manage bush. It is the latest flowering, even a few days later than Jet, so normally avoiding spring frosts but with the advantage
We were pleased to be the first to introduce this completely new type of blackcurrant raised by the Scottish Crop Research Institute. Ben Sarek is a new, compact variety and is the first of a new range of highly productive small bush hybrids, specifically raised for planting at a closer
An old variety, grown since before 1847, but long since almost disappeared. We are very pleased to be able to offer this superb old variety that excels for dessert, pies and preserve use. The bushes are medium sized and very erect with well spaced branches, and the fruits are normally
An old variety from Europe with a terrible name. It is very similar to the above variety Boscoop Giant with all the advantages of the early crop. It is, however, much less susceptible to frost. Another old variety with an exceptional merit. Propagated from European certified stock.
A mid-late season variety, giving a heavy crop of medium to large fruit of good flavour. A compact bush of good cropping habit, very high in Vitamin C. The standard blackcurrant 11 variety to which all others are compared SUPERIOR HILLTOP STRAIN. A very old variety of unknown origin. Ministry
Ben Alder produces heavy crops of small to medium sized fruits with a lovely flavour. Very high colour stability makes the fruits perfect for juice and wine. A new late season variety from the S.C.R.I. Ben alder is a vigorous bush but easy to harvest. Good resistance to Mildew and
A very special new variety that we are very pleased to introduce. Ben Corman is superb for growing in the garden with very large high quality fruits. These enormous berries can be as large as 18mm each. The fruit ripens early with extremely heavy crops and the fruit has an
Bred by Scottish Crop Research this arose from a cross of Ben Alder and a very hardy Russian variety. It is very early flowering and early ripening but despite this advantage has shown little reduction to frost damage. It is a very healthy bush with resistance to most foliar diseases
Bred by Scottish Crop Research A new late season variety ripening 10 days after Ben Lomond, very high yields of medium sized berries, the flavour is excellent with a real blackcurrant aroma, In addition Ben Hope is a very good grower, rather vigorous but upright in habit and easy to
A mid-late season variety raised by the Scottish Crop Research Institute. Heavy yielding, the large well flavoured fruit are of very good quality. Flowers 2 days before Ben Lomond but crops at about the same time, weight of crop is usually just a little less but the bush is more
A new late fruiting variety from the S.C.R.I. Ben Tirran is the latest to ripen of all the commonly grown varieties and extends the cropping season. Good disease resistance due to the late flowering season. Excellent quality fruits and very heavy high yielding with a good flavour. The fruits are
A variety from the Netherlands, raised from a seedling of a local Dutch variety. The bush is large and produces a very heavy crop of large berries. Flowers are produced 7-10 days later than Baldwin and, because of this later flowering characteristic, give a more consistent yield. The fruits are
Heavy crops in most seasons. Large, sweet fruits. Very resistant to Mildew.
A vigorous, slightly spreading bush, that is only a moderate cropper but is the earliest to ripen. Usually produces its fruits in single trusses with 8-10 large sweet fruits per truss. Always popular but susceptible to frosts in some areas. Propagated from nuclear cuttings.
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