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Red Currants - Rovada

Rovada
(Fay's Prolific x Heinemann's Rote Spatlese - Holland, 1990)

Very large fruit on extremely long strigs and heavy crops make Rovada an excellent choice for fresh market and U-pick. Very free of mildew and other leaf diseases. Late flowering (May) avoids frost. Flowers and fruits later than Redstart. Harvest begins in mid-August.
Suitability: Commercial Growers/Gardeners

 

black currants / top / gooseberries
   
Red Currants - Redstart

 

HRON
(Jonkheer van Tets x Heinemann's Rote Spatlese, 1992, Research Inst. of Fruit and Decorative Trees, Bojnice, Slovakia)

Extremely vigorous and very attractive upright growth habit, leaves are dark green which contributes to ornamental value, good resistance to foliar diseases, adapts well to variable climate conditions, particularly well suited to higher elevations, high degree of tolerance to late spring frost, very long clusters of bright red fruit, mean yields in European trials 10-12 kg. per bush.

   
Red Currants - Blanka

Blanka
(Heinemann's Rote Spatlese x Red Lake - Fruit Res. Breeding Inst., Bojnice, Slovakia, 1977)

Very heavy yields, good shelf life, very long clusters and some resistance to spring frost (flowers late April). Blanka is very vigorous with a somewhat spreading growth habit. The fruit is large, opaque, off-white. Attractive green and red foliage. Very reliable, easy to grow.
Suitability: Commercial Growers/Gardeners

 

black currants / top / gooseberries
   

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