Allotment Vegetable Growing |
Sunday 21 March 2010 Allotment Diary |
Vegetable Seeds, Plants, Fruit and Nut Trees |
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Blackcurrant Bushes
Fruit Trees, Nut Trees and Fruit BushesIf you are going to plant a tree or bush, then it is going to be there for some years. So it's well worth spending some time looking at the different varieties and going for something that will be productive and providing you with a good crop in years to come. Time spent to prepare the ground properly will repay you many times over. Blackcurrant Big BenThis spectacular new Scottish-bred blackcurrant has huge fruit - some double the size of other varieties - and is very high yielding too. The fruits are produced early in the season and are sweet and juicy. Good resistance to mildew and leaf spot. Supplied as healthy one-year-old plants. Price: £8.95 More Information from Suttons Seeds Blackcurrant Ben Sarek (1 Plant)Mouthwatering fruit carried in abundance from mid July to mid August. Ideal for small gardens, with a maximum height of 90cm (3'). Good resistance to mildew and frost. Grown from certified stock and supplied a Price: £7.95 More Information from Suttons Seeds Blackcurrant Ben Sarek (3 Plants)Mouthwatering fruit carried in abundance from mid July to mid August. Ideal for small gardens, with a maximum height of 90cm (3'). Good resistance to mildew and frost. SAVE £4.50 when purchasing pack of 3 plants! Grown from certified stock and supplied a Price: £18.85 More Information from Suttons Seeds Blackcurrant EbonyUnlike most blackcurrants, which are primarily raised for juice production, Ebony has been specially selected for garden planting. Take one look and it's easy to see why: the size of the fruit is amazing - up to twice the size of other blackcurrants. But it's the taste that really sets Ebony apart as the fruit is exceptionally sweet with technical measurements suggesting it's the sweetest ever! Superb in fruit salads and sweet summer puddings. Price: £8.95 More Information from Dobies Blackcurrant Big BenThis spectacular new Scottish-bred blackcurrant has huge fruit - some double the size of other varieties - and is very high yielding too. The fruits are produced early in the season and are sweet and juicy. Good resistance to mildew and leaf spot. Supplied as healthy one-year-old plants. Price: £19.85 More Information from Suttons Seeds Blackcurrant Ben SarekA superb variety, producing mouth-watering fruit in abundance from mid July-mid August, well presented on short strigs. Ideal for smaller gardens, with a maximum height of 90cm (3'), the bushy plants show good resistance to mildew and frost. Ideal for freezing. Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' winner. Supplied as healthy one year old plants. Buy any three or more Currant plants and SAVE £1.50 per plant! Price: £7.95 More Information from Dobies Blackcurrant : EbonyThe sweetest ever Blackcurrant! Outstanding dessert variety with a very high level of sweetness - giving a flavour that is as sweet as that of a tasty black cherry! The bushy plants have a slightly open, spreading habit which makes harvesting easy as well as adding to this variety's good mildew resistance. Price: £8.99 More Information from Thompson & Morgan Blackcurrant : Ben ConnanA heavy cropping, early to ripen, small bush variety, producing large 17mm (¾ inch) diameter glossy black fruits of excellent flavour. Ideal eaten as a dessert, used to make preserves and can be frozen. Price: £8.99 More Information from Thompson & Morgan
Please note that all prices and descriptions on this site are believed correct but should be confirmed on the relevant site prior to order. Please let me know if you find an error via the contact page Copyright Information: The Images, seed Descriptions and Titles on this page are used with permission of the copyright holders - Dobies Seeds, Suttons Seeds, Alan Titchmarsh Seeds, Thompson & Morgan
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