Scientists are working to boost the vitamin C content of blackcurrants in a move that would be a major benefit to consumers and farmers. Researchers have tracked the production and storage of vitamin ...

Wild bushes were also destroyed, finally breaking the fungus life cycle. As the plants were gone, the consumers’ memory of the fruit was surely erased from their minds. A former director wrote about ...

WHILE the blackcurrant remains a popular fruit for jams, drinks, sauces, and sweets for people across Europe, most Americans struggle to describe the flavour. Marvin Pritts, a professor of ...

A NEW type of blackcurrant specially designed to thrive in the UK's warmer winters is due to be harvested for the first time. Some 75,000 bushes of the new variety of blackcurrant, named Ben Lawers, ...

A Definitely. Blackcurrant fruit on the second year’s wood. Prune the bushes after the leaves have fallen, take out one third of the old wood to ground level, check for big bud mite and blackcurrant ...

Along the pathway near my herb garden, right across from the chicken coop, is a long hedge of blackcurrant bushes. I planted them about 15 years ago and they have become so integral to my cuisine, I ...

This week, Central New York gardening writer Carol T. Bradford responds to a reader question. Dear Carol: I have a question about jostaberries. I've two bushes that are up pretty good. Nice and green ...

There's something oddly comforting about the flavor associations we have with certain colors; red candies, for example, are almost always strawberry- or cherry-flavored, while purple is always grape.

FEW FRUITS carry more health-promoting antioxidants than blackcurrants. Widely grown in cooler parts of Europe, they are in high demand from consumers seeking pesticide-free juices made from the ...

Scientists are working with the company behind the popular British fruit drink Ribena to boost the vitamin C content of blackcurrants in a move that would be a major benefit to consumers and farmers.