Requires less chilling than the traditional black currant, will grow where raspberries grow. Large sweet fruit ripen in December.
Habit - Shrub of multi-stemmed canes with large soft green leaves which when crushed have a strong currant fragrance.
Size - 1.5 x 2m decidious bush.
Pollination - Self-fertile but yield will increase if plant two or more plants.
Harvest - Late December to February. The berries are firm and easily picked. Expect a few berries in the second year after planting, heavy crops by the fourth year. Then will be in production for ten years or more.
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