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Ben Tirran Black Currant
Ben Tirran Black Currant
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Ben Tirran is a late-season black currant bred at the Scottish Crop Research Institute. Its recorded pedigree is Ben Lomond × [(Seabrooks Black × Amos Black) × (Seabrooks Black × Ribes sp.)].
Plants are upright and reasonably vigorous, producing medium to large, firm-skinned black berries suited to juice, preserves, and other processing. In the breeder's account, flowering is about a week after Ben Lomond and ripening follows Ben Lomond by roughly 3–7 days.
Grow in full sun to partial shade in fertile, well-drained soil. Full sun supports heavier crops; an organic mulch helps keep roots cool and evenly moist.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 3Oak Summit nursery rating
- Site and soil
- Full sun to partial shade in fertile, well-drained soil. Sun favours heavier cropping; organic mulch helps keep the root zone cool and moist.Crop guidance; local conditions can vary
- Fruit
- An upright, reasonably vigorous blackcurrant with processing fruit and a late season relative to Ben Lomond.Published reference; local expression can vary
- Origin
- Ben Tirran’s recorded pedigree is Ben Lomond × [(Seabrooks Black × Amos Black) × (Seabrooks Black × Ribes sp.)].Published reference; local expression can vary
- Ripening
- Ripens approximately 3–7 days after Ben Lomond in the breeder’s account.Published reference; local expression can vary
Cold hardinessZone 3 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 3 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
About these maps
Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
Open Government Licence – Canada