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Clove vs American black currant seeds
Two distinct currants, with their fruit descriptions, seed treatments and growing sizes side by side.
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Crandall is a popular Clove Currant selection known for large sweet black fruit. It belongs to Ribes aureum var. villosum, a tall currant with lobed leaves and fragrant yellow flowers.
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Wild American Black Currant (Ribes americanum) is a native berry shrub with fruit that ripens around Oak Summit Nursery in early August. Its flavour is distinct from cultivated black currants, and the berries also feed birds and small mammals.
Photos and fruit descriptions refer to the seed parents. These are seeds, not cloned plants; seedlings vary.
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Growing details
| Detail | Crandall Clove Currant | Wild American Black Currant |
|---|---|---|
| Leaves and margins | Smaller leaves with distinctive lobes | Larger leaves, with a different outline and leaf edge |
| Cold hardiness zone | 2 | 2 |
| Seed source | Manitoba | Manitoba |
| Stratification | 3 to 4 months cold | 2 to 3 months cold |
| Mature size | Up to 6 to 7 ft | 4 to 5 ft |
| Fruit size | Larger than American black currants | Smaller than clove currants |
| Flavour | Milder than American black currant | Musky; closer to clove currant than European black currant |
A closer look
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Crandall Clove Currant
Crandall is a popular Clove Currant selection known for large sweet black fruit. It belongs to Ribes aureum var. villosum, a tall currant with lobed leaves and fragrant yellow flowers.
Seedlings are not clones and will vary in fruit size, but many should retain useful traits from the Crandall seed parent.
Wild American Black Currant
Wild American Black Currant (Ribes americanum) is a native berry shrub with fruit that ripens around Oak Summit Nursery in early August. Its flavour is distinct from cultivated black currants, and the berries also feed birds and small mammals.
This seed was collected locally in Manitoba. The shrubs have lobed leaves and yellow green spring flowers and often grow near wetlands, streams, and woodland edges.
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