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Field note · October 2026

Seeds From Pink Champagne Currants

Oak Summit Nursery · Southern Manitoba

pink champagne currant seeds, a small batch from fruit collected this summer. currants are easy to grow from seed and size up in the first year enough to plant out by fall, and from seeds like this you'll get a similar plant with some genetic variation. the pink currants are very sweet and have a nice flavour, zero astringency or sourness in the, even though they're the same species as red currants (Ribes rubrum), the red ones have a bright tartness, and the pink and the white ones taste as though they're a different type of fruit. I'm going to grow pink seedlings next spring, and there's enough seeds that I've added a small batch of seed pack to our shop.