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Red Lake Currant

Red Lake Currant

Jelly Makers Love It

  (4 customer reviews)



The cold hardiest of quality plum-red currants. Often bears full-flavored fruit the first year after planting, on two-year-old wood. Reliably large yields. Self-pollinating. No. 1, 2-year plants. Zones 3-7.
Not available in DE, MA, ME, NC, NH, NJ, OH, RI, WV.

This item ships only in the spring.
If our spring shipping season is closed, your order will be shipped the following spring.

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Product Details
Zones: 3 - 7 (-30° F.)
Height: 3-5 ft
Spacing: 3-4 ft
Depth: same as in the nursery
Spread: 2-4 ft
Sun/Shade: part shade
Pollinator: Self-pollinating
Yield: 3-4 quarts
Color: Green
Foliage: Shiny green
Blooms: May
Fruit: Compact clusters 4 inches long with 8 to 10 large, 1/2 inch, dark red berries
Comments: Dark red fruit with sweet-tart flavor. Long stems for easy picking. Strong, vigorous bush with dense foliage. Early bearing. Produces fruit on two year and older wood. Long ripening period; holds well on branches. Most widely grown red currant.
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Red Lake Currant  Ships In The Spring
Unable to ship to: AE AK DE GU HI MA ME NC NH NJ OH PR RI WV

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 -  Saturday, December 20, 2008
Great Producer
Reviewed By: Judd (Mounds View, MN)
They looked like a couple of foot long sticks with roots on one end, with proper planting (root end down) and a little care they started to grow. Not much to see for the first three years or so, then before you know it branches four or five feet high, some strait up, some arching to the sides. Chains of tiny light green bloosems in the spring turn to chains of bright red pea sized berries in July, heavy enough to bend down the branches. Any already leaning to the sides will be arched over to the ground. They berries are tart, between rasberry and cranberry. Makes great jam. Next planting I would elevate (raised beds) to mulch around the bush and make it easier to mow around.

 -  Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Hoping
Reviewed By: Jennifer (Greensburg, Kentucky)
I've ordered these from other companies in the past and had luck with them, usually getting them much MUCH cheaper. I was very excited about getting berries from those plants when the second and third years rolled around. On the second year, I got 2 currants off of one of the 6 plants. Then, we got a really hot and dry summer and a really cold winter and every plant died despite my watering and mulching. The other company would not replace the 3 that were less than a year old without paying shipping and the original bag and paperwork that came with the plant. Needless to say, I didn't get replacements! I was devastated! But, still determined, I tried from Gurneys this year. One of the plants died, but the one left looks very healthy and is already twice the size of the 2 year plants from the other companies. And, Gurneys is replacing the one that died at no cost, so in the end, I think it will actually be cheaper than the other place to get my row started!

 -  Tuesday, April 03, 2007
PERFECT
Reviewed By: Bobby J. Smith (Mencado, Minnesota)
This was even better than I expected! I got 6 quarts of jam from the one plant that I harvested! The flavor is similar to that of a cherry, and they are the same size. I will always buy plants from gurneys from now on.


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Red Lake Currant
Jelly Makers Love It

  (4 customer reviews)

Buying Options
Red Lake Currant
08517 - 1 plant per offer
Price:Each - $8.99
Quantity:

The cold hardiest of quality plum-red currants. Often bears full-flavored fruit the first year after planting, on two-year-old wood. Reliably large yields. Self-pollinating. No. 1, 2-year plants. Zones 3-7.
Not available in DE, MA, ME, NC, NH, NJ, OH, RI, WV.

This item ships only in the spring.
If our spring shipping season is closed, your order will be shipped the following spring.


Product Details
Zones: 3 - 7 (-30° F.)
Height: 3-5 ft
Spacing: 3-4 ft
Depth: same as in the nursery
Spread: 2-4 ft
Sun/Shade: part shade
Pollinator: Self-pollinating
Yield: 3-4 quarts
Color: Green
Foliage: Shiny green
Blooms: May
Fruit: Compact clusters 4 inches long with 8 to 10 large, 1/2 inch, dark red berries
Comments: Dark red fruit with sweet-tart flavor. Long stems for easy picking. Strong, vigorous bush with dense foliage. Early bearing. Produces fruit on two year and older wood. Long ripening period; holds well on branches. Most widely grown red currant.
Shipping: View Shipping Schedule
Red Lake Currant  Ships In The Spring
Unable to ship to: AE AK DE GU HI MA ME NC NH NJ OH PR RI WV

Customer Reviews
Overall Rating:
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers

Sort Reviews: Newest | Oldest | Highest Rating | Lowest Rating 

 -  Saturday, December 20, 2008
Great Producer
Reviewed By: Judd (Mounds View, MN)
They looked like a couple of foot long sticks with roots on one end, with proper planting (root end down) and a little care they started to grow. Not much to see for the first three years or so, then before you know it branches four or five feet high, some strait up, some arching to the sides. Chains of tiny light green bloosems in the spring turn to chains of bright red pea sized berries in July, heavy enough to bend down the branches. Any already leaning to the sides will be arched over to the ground. They berries are tart, between rasberry and cranberry. Makes great jam. Next planting I would elevate (raised beds) to mulch around the bush and make it easier to mow around.

 -  Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Hoping
Reviewed By: Jennifer (Greensburg, Kentucky)
I've ordered these from other companies in the past and had luck with them, usually getting them much MUCH cheaper. I was very excited about getting berries from those plants when the second and third years rolled around. On the second year, I got 2 currants off of one of the 6 plants. Then, we got a really hot and dry summer and a really cold winter and every plant died despite my watering and mulching. The other company would not replace the 3 that were less than a year old without paying shipping and the original bag and paperwork that came with the plant. Needless to say, I didn't get replacements! I was devastated! But, still determined, I tried from Gurneys this year. One of the plants died, but the one left looks very healthy and is already twice the size of the 2 year plants from the other companies. And, Gurneys is replacing the one that died at no cost, so in the end, I think it will actually be cheaper than the other place to get my row started!

 -  Tuesday, April 03, 2007
PERFECT
Reviewed By: Bobby J. Smith (Mencado, Minnesota)
This was even better than I expected! I got 6 quarts of jam from the one plant that I harvested! The flavor is similar to that of a cherry, and they are the same size. I will always buy plants from gurneys from now on.


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