Black Currant Seeds
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Blacksmith Black Currant
Blacksmith Black Currant
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Blacksmith is an old English black currant introduced by the Laxton Brothers of Bedford. It produces juicy berries with tender skins and a flavour that balances sweetness with the characteristic acidity of black currants.
Historical descriptions emphasize its productive, vigorous bushes and late harvest. Its spreading habit gives it a different form from more compact, upright cultivars.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 3
- Mature size
- About 5 ft tallVigorous and spreading
- Fruit
- Juicy berries with tender skinsSweet, with the acidity of a black currant
- Season
- Late in the black currant seasonFrom historical descriptions
- Site and soil
- Full sun or part shade in moist soil that drains wellMore sun means more fruit
More about this plant
An old English currant
Blacksmith was introduced by the Laxton Brothers of Bedford. Historical descriptions stress its productive, vigorous bushes and late harvest.
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 – CanadaPollination
- Titania Black Currant
A possible cross-pollination companion if flowering overlaps locally. This pairing has not been tested in Manitoba.
Grow black currants from seed
A varied black currant population, rather than copies of this cultivar.
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