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What type of currant/fruit bush are these?

Charlotte2311Charlotte2311 Posts: 50
in Fruit & veg

I've got 5/6 of these bushes in my fruit bed on my new Allotmemt and I don't really know what they are. I've been told they are currants of some sort. Any ideas? Thanks! 

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  • Dave MorganDave Morgan Posts: 3,123

    Yes currants, although you'll have to wait as to colour they'll be.

  • Mel MMel M Posts: 347

    Currants should have little plump buds on them. Perhaps they are gooseberries, usually with lots of thorns,

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,032

    It's very hard to tell with bare stems, but I'm pretty sure the one in the second picture is a red currant.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,032

    White or red, but not, I think, black.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267
    They are probably currant bushes, you'll need to wait till they fruit to know the colour although black may flower later than red or white as these produce a later crop.



    Gooseberry have thorns on them.



    If you are lucky you may have a hybrid bush. I have one which looks like any other when it has dropped it's leaves but if you ask what it is I wouldn't be able to tell without going to the plot and checking the label, only planted it this year and haven't had any fruit yet.
  • LoganLogan Posts: 2,532
    Charlotte 2311 they look like red or white currants, their not gooseberries. Red and white currants have the buds clumped together black current has single buds on the stemsimage
  • Charlotte2311Charlotte2311 Posts: 50
    Thanks all. I didn't think they were gooseberries as I have a gooseberry bush aswell which looks very different so I know the difference. I just wasn't sure if you could tell which sort of currants the bushes were before they fruited image I guess I'll wait until next year to find out for sure!! I think I may have both?!
  • Invicta2Invicta2 Posts: 663

    As soon as they leaf out you will be able to tell if they are Black Currants as their foliage has a strong black curranty smell. Red/White currant foliage just has a leafy smell.

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