Stomach, prostate, intestine, and breast cancer cells were shown to be inhibited when patients were tested with an array of different berry juices, including raspberry, black currant,
white currant, gooseberry, velvet leaf blueberry, low-bush blueberry, and other lesser-known berry types.
Redcurrants, blackcurrants or
white currant bushes produce a phenomenal amount of fruit early on and are low maintenance.
Its light
white currant acidity freshens everything up without compromising the tropical fruit flavours.
Last year, the farm grew some 15,000 blackcurrant,
white currant, redcurrant, gooseberry and jostaberry (a gooseberryblackcurrant hybrid) bushes, 40,000 raspberry canes and 130,000 strawberry plants.
Last year, the farm grew around 15,000 blackcurrant,
white currant, redcurrant, gooseberry and jostaberry bushes, 40,000 raspberry canes and 130,000 strawberry plants.
They feed on leaves so take prompt action to save the foliage and protect red and
white currants, which they also enjoy.
Most red, black and
white currants are ripe for the picking from mid-summer but the Rokula gooseberry cultivar is early fruiting and offers up flashes of juicy-red colour to any spot.
Most red, black and
white currants are ripe for the picking from midsummer but the Rokula gooseberry cultivar is early fruiting and offers up flashes of juicy-red colour to any spot.
There are a few American currant species, but they're rarely cultivated, so I'll focus on European black, red, and
white currants. Species names get a bit complicated, thanks to extensive hybridization, but black currants are typically members of Ribes nigrum and R.
Red currants are the most common ones, but don't overlook equally beautiful
white currants, essentially the same fruit except for their color.
We planted an eclectic mix of raspberries, Japanese wineberries, gooseberries, tayberries, red, black and
white currants, and it will be so more productive than the hawthorn hedge that was suggested by another gardener.
That means for raspberries and blackcurrants you remove fruited canes from this year and the red and
white currants have the branching shoots trimmed to about five or six leaves.