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Mendip Cross Black Currant
Mendip Cross Black Currant
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Mendip Cross is an English black currant introduced in 1933. It ripens in the middle of the currant season and has been retained in specialist collections for its fruit quality.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 3
- Fruit
- Kept in specialist collections for its fruit quality
- Season
- Middle of the currant seasonNot yet known for Manitoba
- Site and soil
- Full sun or part shade in moist soil that drains wellMore sun means more fruit
More about this plant
An English currant
Mendip Cross was introduced in England in 1933.
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 – CanadaGrow black currants from seed
A varied black currant population, rather than copies of this cultivar.
View Black Currant Seeds $7.95 CAD