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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.
It came from A. W. S. Hunter's breeding at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa, where he crossed the cultivated currant Kerry with Ribes ussuriense to bring white pine blister rust resistance into a garden fruit. Consort and Coronet are its sisters.
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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
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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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