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Eynsham Red Jul 2020 7:21pm, 2 Jul 2020 6,136 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red Black currants are my favourite fruit flavour.
Fragile Do Not Bend Jul 2020 7:26pm, 2 Jul 2020 6,279 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend It’s not that I don’t like blackcurrants, they make great jam, but I’m trying not to eat too much sugar so I prefer to grow fruit I can eat raw (or lightly cooked with a bit of sweetener).
jacdaw Jul 2020 8:12pm, 2 Jul 2020 3,124 posts	Quote Pin jacdaw White currants are much lovelier than the black, or even red. My local blackbirds concur. I never get any of them, except blackcurrants.
jacdaw Jul 2020 8:44pm, 2 Jul 2020 3,125 posts	Quote Pin jacdaw The pink one with the fluffy pointy flowers that often goes native is Spiraea douglasii, or hybrids based on douglasii.
Rosehip Jul 2020 9:15pm, 2 Jul 2020 16,908 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip I quite like blackcurrant jelly with game, but otherwise really don't like currants of any colour - I think I'm rebelling against the fruit that we were force-fed as children from dad's fruit/veg patch (except for strawberries and raspberries - who could dislike them?)
rf_fozzy Jul 2020 9:43pm, 2 Jul 2020 10,504 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy Apple and blackcurrant crumble is amazing
Eynsham Red Jul 2020 9:47pm, 2 Jul 2020 6,137 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red I’m really not very keen on strawberries.
rf_fozzy Jul 2020 9:51pm, 2 Jul 2020 10,505 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy Me too ER. I find them a bit sweet. Much prefer raspberries
Garfield Jul 2020 10:07pm, 2 Jul 2020 13,207 posts	Quote Pin Garfield I love strawberries...and most berries. Never tried gooseberries, though I do have a small plant with them.
jacdaw Jul 2020 10:33pm, 2 Jul 2020 3,126 posts	Quote Pin jacdaw Just eaten gooseberry and elderflower fool tonight. Looks like that is my one and only bowl of hooseberries for the year. I may need to start pruning them properly. I'm pretty sure it wasn't birds, and we had no sawfly, so unless it was the late frost or the hot, dry spring weather...