Black Currant Montana

Federal laws also restrict the introduction of ribes species from other.

Black currant montana. Sticky currant ribes viscosissimum. The bark gray to black. Suitable down to zone 3 consort possesses the highest level of resistance to white pine blister rust disease. Stems erect or ascending spineless 1 1 5 m.

A must in the montana garden. Montana field guide contains a wealth of information about montana s diverse species. Northern red currant ribes rubrum. Search field guide advanced search.

A law was passed in 1926 prohibiting the possession propagation and sale of black currants and forbidding the shipment of plants into montana. Stems erect 0 5 1 m spiny at the nodes bristly between. Twigs puberulent red brown becoming gray. While most montanans may be familiar with native varieties such as the clove currant ribes odoratum european species of black ribes nigrum and red ribes rubrum currant are better suited to commercial production these species tend to exhibit larger fruit higher yields more even ripening and potential for mechanized harvest.

Leaf blades 1 7 cm wide shallowly cordate to truncate at the base 3 5 lobed shallowly to deeply dentate the underside sparsely pubescent and glandular. Northern black currant ribes hudsonianum. Leaves are mostly 4 8 cm across and usually wider than long and 5 lobed nearly half the length. Montana field guide.

Black currant ribes nigrum is highly susceptible to the disease. With large sweet black fruits consort makes excellent jam and is the highest black currant variety tested in antioxidants total phenolics making it a healthy choice. Of its life cycle on both gooseberries and currants.