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Crusader Black Currant
Crusader Black Currant
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Crusader is a vigorous black currant with large berries. It is susceptible to powdery mildew, a useful distinction when comparing it with more resistant cultivars.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 3
- Habit
- Vigorous
- Fruit
- Large black berries
- Disease
- Susceptible to powdery mildewWorth weighing against more resistant varieties
- Site and soil
- Full sun or part shade in moist soil that drains wellMore sun means more fruit
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
Needs a different black currant cultivar flowering at the same time.
- 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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