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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 3
- Mature size
- 4 to 5 ft tall and wideVigorous and upright
- Fruit
- Heavy clusters of medium, deep black berriesRobust, tangy flavour
- Uses
- Fresh eating, juice, jam, jelly and baking
- Disease
- Described as resistant to powdery mildew and leaf spot
- Season
- Mid into late summer
- Site and soil
- Full sun or part shade in moist soil that drains wellMore sun means more fruit
More about this plant
From Sweden
Slitsa is a high yielding black currant developed in Sweden.
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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 – Canada