The Currant Collection consists of blackcurrants (Ribes nigrum) and
red, pink & whitecurrant (Ribes sativum). The Currant Collections
were planted in autumn 1977 with plant spacing of 3 m x 0.75 m.
There are three bushes of each of the 110 blackcurrants, 5 pinkcurrants,
75 redcurrants and 18 whitecurrants, in total covering 0.21 hectares.
Using the Index
Blackcurrants:
Where possible the cultivars have been allocated to the four following groups: Baldwin,
Boskoop, French or Goliath.
Red currants
A short list of seedlings or unnamed seedlings
follows the main list. Where the raiser or discoverer has not given
the cultivar a name, it is recorded under the name of the sender,
followed by a number, e.g. Eglington 1.
Key to Abbreviations
The abbreviations EM and LA denote cultivars received from East Malling and Long Ashton
Research Stations, respectively.
