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Martin Brown · 08-10-2010, 01:13 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 08/10/2010 11:55, wrote:
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Some months ago we read somewhere that a new variety of blackcurrant had
been introduced which (for the first time) was so sweet it could be eaten
straight from the bush and was not like the usual acrid culinary types.

Eh? Normal blackcurrants AREN'T acrid when ripe, and are perfectly
edible straight off the bush. If they have bred one almost completely
without acid or other 'bite', it will be truly revolting. There are
fruits like that.

Trouble is unless you net them the birds eat them before they are even
remotely ripe. There are red desert gooseberries that are much sweeter
than the normal sort and jostaberries too - though you have to fight the
birds off for them with netting if you want any of the crop.

The OP might mean cv Ebony available from (annoyingly slow website)

http://www.ashridgetrees.co.uk/Ebony-Blackcurrant

Regards,
Martin Brown