Subject: Black Currant Problem
From: sherwindu
Date: 10/30/2004 11:20 PM Central Standard Time
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Yes, but aren't the black varieties more susceptible than the red? I am
excluding
the few variations of cultured currants where they have been bred to be
resistant
to this disease.




SImply don't plant them near white pines (or any other five-needle pine).
According to most of what I've heard, you want them at least 30 feet away from
pines.

A couple cultivars, most notably Titania, are immune to it.

Resistance may help the currant, but resistant currants can still spread the
disease to pines.

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Ben Sharvy wrote:

Henriette Kress wrote in message
...
sherwindu wrote:

My neighbor has just planted a row of black currants, close to
my south property line. While trying to find some advice for him on
growing
them, I came across several references that state this plant can cause
white pine
blister rust and for that reason, it is not heavily planted in gardens.

Crush a leaf and smell it.

Heavenly scent? Congrats, you actually have a real black currant, Ribes
nigrum,
which can carry a disease.

No scent? You have a Ribes aureum with large black berries, of no
consequence to
any vegetation around them.

Ribes aureum is carrier for white pine blister rust. Virtually all
Ribes species can carry the disease.

Henriette









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