Big Ben Blackcurrant Back To List Description: Big Ben is an early season variety that produces large blackcurrants, bearing more than double the fruit size of standard varieties. Excellent fresh flavour, sweet and rich when cooked. Best when eaten straight from the bush! Resistant to leaf spot and powdery mildew. History: Developed by the Scottish Crop Research Institute. Blackcurrant Growing Tips: Best planted in a sunny position that's sheltered from cold winds and late frosts. Prefer moisture-retentive soils that are well-drained but will tolerate a wide range of soils. When planting in the autumn or spring, cut back all of the shoots after planting. Although it will lose it's first year fruits, it will benefit the bush long term. Attributes Uses: Cooking Uses: Eating Picking month: Mid July Self-fertility: Self-fertile Award-winning Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Baldwin Blackcurrant Mid season. Medium berries, hang well. Rich for vitamin ‘C’. Still the best flavoured blackcurrant of them all! Full Details Ben Lomond Blackcurrant Large fruit with deliciously sweet flavour of juicy berries. Heavy yielding, mid-late season. Good frost resistance. Full Details Titania Blackcurrant Mid season. Very large fruits of superb quality, mildew and rust resistant. Excellent for baking into pies! Full Details Ben Connan® Blackcurrant Early to mid season. Large berries on short trusses. Good flavour. Good frost, pest and disease resistance. Full Details
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