vsop wrote:
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.

Does anyone know the name and source of supply ?

Can't think of the name, but I've seen it in the Thompson + Morgan
catalogue, iirc. It's not Big Ben, is it?