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Slitsa Black Currant
Slitsa Black Currant
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Slitsa is a high yielding black currant developed in Sweden. It bears heavy clusters of medium deep black berries with robust tangy flavour from mid into late summer.
The fruit is suited to fresh eating, juice, jam, jelly, and baking. The vigorous upright plants are described as resistant to powdery mildew and leaf spot.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 3Oak Summit nursery rating
- Mature size
- 4 to 5 ft tall and wide
- 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
- Blackcurrant material maintained under the label Slitsa. Cultivar-specific superiority, pedigree and disease response are not independently established here.From the reviewed product description
- Ripening
- Mid to late summer in the accepted description.From the reviewed product description
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