Description

RIBES nigrum BLACKCURRANT Big Ben

Bred by the Scottish Crop Research Institute, Big Ben is an outstanding early season variety with many excellent qualities.  Its standout feature however is that it produces enormous blackcurrants – two or three times the size of other varieties.  Developed especially for the fresh market, the fruit has a soft shiny skin and is extremely sweet – particularly so when eaten straight from the bush!  Mature bushes of this variety develop a slightly arching habit which makes the fruit easier to pick and enables the plants to be wire-trained if so desired.  Resistant to powdery mildew and leaf spot.

• • Self fertile
  • Plant distance: 1.5m  apart in rows 2m  apart
  • Height & Spread: 1.5m x 1m
  • Cropping season: July, approx. 10 days after Ben Lomond

3 litre stock will be supplied pot grown during the Summer & early Autumn, thereafter the plants could be fresh potted.  Please enquire for clarification.

Bare root stock is available for dispatch between November & late March. Orders can be placed in advance, just bear in mind that payment will be taken in full at time of ordering.

Please Note: We do not part-deliver orders, so if an order contains a pre-order product, it will be held until all the items are available to dispatch.