Big Ben, The New Blackcurrant

Tuesday, February 9th 2:35am

What our customers say: I have ordered quite a lot from online gardening sites over the years and I have to say your plants look the best and healthiest I have ever received. Thanks so much for the fruit trees. As others have said, they are bigger than I'd anticipated, were of excellent quality, and very well packaged. What a great service you provide!
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Probably the best Blackcurrant ever !!!!!!!

What makes Big Ben so wonderful ?

The largest Blackcurrant we have ever seen.
More than double the size of standard varieties.
Average berry weight is 2.9 g compared to standard varieties 1.1 g.
Very high-yielding, up to 4.5 kg of fruit per mature bush.
Large shiny fruits with a strong skin.
Sweet flavour ideal for fresh consumption.
Early season.
Resistance to mildew and leaf spot.
Bred at SCRI Scotland.

“Big Ben was bred by Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) and is protected by EU Plant Variety Rights (2008/0249). Propagation or multiplication of these plants is strictly prohibited. In a confidential manner, SCRI may reasonably call upon the names and addresses of the purchasers of the plants to aid in plant protection procedures.”

This variety will not be available for dispatch until November.

Best Sellers

01. Ben Lomond
02. Ben Connan
03. Ben Sarek
04. Big Ben (New)
05. Wellington XXX
06. Baldwin

An easy crop to grow in the garden, they are however expensive in the supermarkets. Home grown, they are almost free and packed full of vitamins, especially vitamin C.

Cropping in July to August.

Plant 1.5 Metres apart. Plant blackcurrants firmly and deeply so that good strong growth will come from the base. After planting always cut back all the shoots to about 1” (2.5 cms) from the ground. Pruning in subsequent years means removing about a third of the wood to encourage young basal shoots

A very good source of Vitamin C.