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Tiben Black Currant
Tiben Black Currant
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Tiben is a Polish black currant bred from Titania and Ben Nevis and entered on the Polish National List in 2000. Trials describe high yield potential, medium berries in long dense clusters, and medium to high soluble solids.
The fruit ripens late to medium late. It is resistant to powdery mildew and leaf spot.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 3
- Mature size
- 3 to 5 ft tall and wide
- Fruit
- Medium berries in long, dense clustersStrong, rich black currant flavour
- Season
- Late in the black currant season
- Disease
- Resistant to powdery mildew and leaf spotSome resistance to white pine blister rust
- Site and soil
- Full sun or part shade in moist soil that drains wellMore sun means more fruit
More about this plant
Bred in Poland
Tiben was bred at the Research Institute of Pomology in Skierniewice, Poland, from a 1987 cross of Titania and Ben Nevis. It joined the Polish national list in 2000 and is grown for heavy crops. Currants usually begin to fruit one to three years after planting.
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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
One plant sets fruit on its own. A second black currant variety nearby can increase the crop.