22-10-2005, 11:39 AM
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Blackcurrants with legs.
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from (WaltA) contains these words:
Good. Let's hope Worcesterberries will do as well.
Have you been growing these for long ? **
Nope - but I kow a man who has
I hate to dampen expectations but,,,
If they are the same thing that were 'about' about 25y ago, which some
thought were a cross between a gooseberry and a black current, then
dont waste your time !  ) lol !
Later found to be a species rather than an hybrid...
Or maybe I just didn't mollycoddle them well enough, but I grubbed
mine out and continued with just black currants and gooseberries.
Even black currants are a bit of a waste of time (runs for cover !)
You obviously had a) the wrong variety; b) the wrong conditions; c) not
netted them; d) not maintained them.
We used to pick buckets full of the things.
for winemaking unless mixed with blackberries and elderberries
in a ratio of about 1 bc : 5 blackberry :2 eb. by weight.
Even my francofile father-in-law (who thought amateur wine making was
a waste of time) asked for second helpings of that one
A truly ambrosian wine is elderberries and blackberries, with sloes
added to the nearly-completed wine, when they ripen.
Dunno, but: Want, want, want!
let me know know know if thou findest
OK - but you'll have to remind me of just what I wanted, 'cos I've
forgotten already...
** just re-read the thread before posting and I see that they are
quite new to you, having come from another urgler,
so, I wonder which other urgler I am now in botther with for
suggesting that they are a waste of time :-?))
You may well find out...
Mind you, they may be a better breed, 25y on ,,,
Or I may give the more loving care?
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