White currants

Maatta K, Kamal-Eldin A and Torronen R. 2001. Phenolic compounds in berries of black, red, green, and white currants (Ribes sp.). Antioxid Redox Signal 3(6) 981-993. 

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Red and white currants need less fertile conditions than black currants. They perform well in Zones 3 to 6, are unfussy about soil, and will even crop in cool situations where they receive only short spells of direct sunlight. 

White currants A variant of the red currant sometimes described as the "connoisseur s currant," cultivated white currants are known to date back at least to the 1920s, although some of the newer cultivars, such as White Grape and White Pearl, are also the best. 

Figure 13.3 Analysis of white currants by NIR imaging. NIR images at (a) 1340 nmand (b) 1410 nm, respectively. From Walloon Agricultural Research Centre, Belgium.

Purple blisters on red- and white currants, yellowish green blisters on blackcurrant (currant blister aphid Cryptomyzus ribis). 

Plant currants in full sun or partial shade and apply a thick, organic mulch. To winter-prune red and white currants, cut all but 6 of the previous season s shoots to the ground. Remove all shoots more than 3 years old. To winter-prune black currants, cut 2-5 of the oldest branches to the ground and shorten tall, old branches to vigorous young sideshoots. Most currants are self-pollinating. 

Leaves with rust-colored pustules on undersides. Cause White pine blister rust. This fungal disease is passed back and forth between white pines (or other 5-needled pines) and various species of Ribes. The disease is much more devastating to pines than to Ribes, so Ribes plantings are sometimes banned where pines are economically important. European black currants are most susceptible. Red and white currants generally are not mugh affected. Avoid planting susceptible currants near white pines. 

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