The size and taste of the berries play a role
You will find the best red currant varieties for your garden if you establish a few criteria that are particularly important to you. This includes:
- Size of berries
- Aroma
- Processing options
- Disease resistance
- easy-care shrubs
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Many of the newer breeds prove to be quite resistant to disease. The berries grow very large and the bushes produce a rich harvest. Highly cultivated currant bushes are refined and can no longer be propagated by themselves.
Unfortunately, the trend towards large berries is at the expense of taste. The larger the fruit, the less aromatic and watery they taste.
Try old house varieties
If the taste of red currants is particularly important to you, you should look out for a few old house varieties. They are usually smaller, but particularly aromatic.
Old varieties can be found on the Internet. Sometimes gardeners in neighboring gardens are also willing to give away cuttings from their old bushes.
Small compilation of popular varieties
| Variety name | Berry size | Aroma | Harvest time | use | particularities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heinemann's red late harvest | large berries with many seeds | sour | August | Jellies, jams, fresh consumption | blooms late |
| Jonkheer from Tets | medium-sized berries | aromatic, sour undertone | July | Jellies, to be eaten fresh | something prone to disease |
| Makosta | dark red fruits | very aromatic | July August | Fresh consumption | |
| Red Lake | very large berries | mildly aromatic | June | Fresh consumption | susceptible to powdery mildew |
| Rolan | red, large berries | aromatic sweet | June | Compote, to be eaten fresh | pretty tough |
| Rondom | medium-sized berries | sour undertone | end of June | Juice, fresh consumption | drives out late |
| Rovada | medium-red, large berries | very aromatic | Mid-July | Fresh consumption | Award as the best variety |
| Telak | lots of medium-sized berries | slightly sour | June | Compote, jelly etc. | disease resistant |
| Junifer | medium-sized berries | sweet and sour | July | Workmanship, good for birds | blooms very early |
| Detvan | big berries | sweet, hardly sour | July | Jellies, juices, fresh consumption | good espalier fruit |
Tips
The modern cultivated forms of the red currant are no longer so well accepted by birds. The old house garden varieties, on the other hand, had to be protected with nets if the gardener wanted to harvest a few berries himself.
