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The red currant, Ribes rubrum, is a deciduous shrub in the gooseberry family, Grossulariaceae, native to parts of western Europe. It produces clusters of translucent red berries with a distinctly tart flavor, commonly used in jellies, preserves, sauces, desserts, and beverages. The plant is cultivat...

The gooseberry, Ribes uva-crispa, is a deciduous fruiting shrub in the Grossulariaceae family, native to parts of Europe and western Asia. Its usually prickly branches bear translucent berries that may be green, yellow, red, or purple and range from sharply tart to sweet when ripe. Gooseberries have...

Ben Lomond is a black currant bred at the Scottish Crop Research Institute, released in 1975, and valued for its high vitamin C content, heavy yield, and gall mite resistance.

Hinnonmaki Red is a Finnish gooseberry cultivar prized for strong resistance to American powdery mildew and large, sweet-tart red berries widely grown across Northern Europe.

Rovada is a late-ripening Dutch red currant released in the 1980s, prized commercially for its exceptionally long fruit clusters and high sugar content across European markets.

White currant is a pale-fruited cultivar group of the red currant, Ribes rubrum, a deciduous shrub in the gooseberry family, Grossulariaceae. Its translucent berries lack the red pigment produced by anthocyanins and generally have a milder, sweeter flavor than red currants. Grown in temperate parts...

Invicta is a mildew-resistant gooseberry bred at East Malling Research Station, UK, released in 1981, and now among Britain's most widely grown commercial gooseberry cultivars.

A North American shrub, clove currant is prized for powerfully clove-scented yellow flowers and produces sweet black berries used in jams and preserves across its native range.

Native to western North America, golden currant produces yellow, red, or black berries eaten fresh or dried, and is noted for its strongly fragrant yellow spring flowers.

A hybrid of black currant and gooseberry developed in Germany in the 1970s, combining disease resistance with large, tart-sweet berries suited to temperate gardens.

A central plains variety of golden currant, buffalo currant produces sweet berries historically eaten fresh and dried by Indigenous peoples across the North American grasslands.

Pixwell is an American gooseberry cultivar released in 1932 by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, bred for easy harvesting from relatively spineless, productive canes.

A native gooseberry of eastern North American forests, prickly gooseberry produces spine-studded berries eaten by Indigenous peoples and sometimes used in traditional preserves.

A Rocky Mountain shrub with glandular sticky foliage, sticky currant produces black berries used as food by Indigenous peoples though the fruit is generally considered unpalatable.

Native to the Pacific Northwest coast, stink currant is distinguished by an unpleasant foliage odor and produces blue-black bloomy berries eaten by Indigenous coastal peoples.