Currants, jostaberries, and gooseberries are easy to grow shrubs that can thrive and produce berries in the sun or shade. They can be eaten fresh, dried, or used in sauces, juice, jellies, and a lot of other preserves. Black currants have gained popularity in recent years because of studies showing high levels of antioxidants and vitamins. Red currants are beautiful, tart and tasty decorations for desserts and pancakes. Both types have been used extensively around the temperate world.

Our currant varieties are considered immune to white pine blister rust, however WPBR is a rapidly evolving fungus. To learn more, read our article on WPBR.

VARIETIES

Titania: Black currant, vigorous grower to about 4 feet high. Highly productive, excellent flavor.

Minaj Smyrou: Black currant variety from Bulgaria, large delicious berries

Bellaruskaja; Wonderful flavored black currant.

Freedom: Largest berries of any black currant we have seen. Extremely productive. Ripens slightly later than our other black currants

Tiben: High yield, easy to grow, disease resistant black currant, cross of Titania and Ben Nevis.

Chernaya: Amazing release from Siberia. This black currant has some of the biggest berries we have seen, great flavor, vigorous grower

Rovada Red: Red currant, very productive, large tasty berries with great flavor

Jonkeer Van Tets: Awesome red currant from Netherlands with large berries, very productive

Russian White: This white currant was given to us by an old Russian friend. Small, white berries taste like lemon candies. Kids favorite

Imperial White: Wonderful white Currant, ripens 1-2 weeks after Russian, somewhat larger berries

Black Velvet Gooseberry: Our favorite gooseberry of the many we have tried. A dark purple small berry with excellent flavor. Bushes are vigorous and thorny. 6 ft. x 6ft at maturity.

ST. Jahn's Praire Gooseberry: Large reddish sweet fruits. Nearly Thornless.

Poorman Gooseberry: Small reddish berries, extremely productive, good flavor

Amish Gooseberry: Dark red berries are large, taste awesome, and are firm. Plants are very vigorous and productive.

Jostaberry: A cross between currant and gooseberry. Very mild sweet flavor, not too tart, large dark berries. Vigorously growing shrub to 6' x 6'

Jeanne Gooseberry- Vigorous disease resistant, very good flavor large pink/red berries