red currants

Currant Syrup, Switchel, and Gooseberry-Black Cap Pie

July 15, 2014 · 3 comments

As promised (better late than never), I’m going to talk a little about what I did with all those beautiful Ribes specimens from the Germplasm Repository. Last year, I cooked up a heckuva lot of jam and jelly, and though I have so far made a pretty impressive effort to eat and give away a […]

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The World Collection of Ribes (Gooseberries and Currants) at the USDA National Clonal Germplasm Repository

July 7, 2014 · 6 comments

The USDA National Clonal Germplasm Repository in Corvallis, Oregon maintains, among other things, the world collection of Ribes cultivars as well as their wild counterparts. The genus Ribes includes currants, gooseberries, and jostaberries (a black currant-gooseberry cross). Ribes species are native to the Northern Hemisphere, and in cooler, shorter-growing-season climates such as Canada, the United […]

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