Consort Black Currant
$19.95
Consort Black Currant (Ribes nigrum x R. ussuriense ‘Consort’) is a compact, upright black currant with immunity to white pine blister rust, bearing sweet-tart fruit with earthy musky complexity — 13.1 Brix — ideal for jams, jellies, juice, and wine. It grows in USDA hardiness zones 3-7 and AHS heat zones 1-6, needs 800-1000 chill hours, and is self-fertile, fruiting reliably without a pollinator partner.
1-2′ Bare Root Plant
Propagation: Own-root
Can’t be shipped to: AK, DE, HI, ME, MA, MI, NJ, NC, RI, VT, VA, WV
In stock
Consort was developed by A.W.S. Hunter at the Agriculture Canada Research Station in Ottawa, Ontario, tested under the designation Ottawa 396, and formally released in 1952. The breeding objective was to combine the productivity and fruit quality of cultivated European black currant (Ribes nigrum) with the white pine blister rust immunity carried by the Siberian species Ribes ussuriense, which harbors the Cr resistance gene. The cross with ‘Kerry,’ a standard black currant cultivar, as the seed parent yielded three sibling releases — Consort, Coronet, and Crusader — all carrying the Cr gene and confirmed immune in both laboratory and field testing against Cronartium ribicola. Consort’s blister rust immunity gave it particular significance in North America, where federal and state bans on Ribes cultivation in pine-forestry regions had suppressed black currant production for decades. The variety does carry drawbacks documented in the literature — small to medium fruit, fair to poor eating quality, and high powdery mildew susceptibility — but its immunity status remains commercially relevant in jurisdictions where Ribes restrictions have not been fully lifted.
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Darrell Fulcher (verified owner) –
Colby N. (verified owner) –
Healthy looking plant with excellent root system. Shipping method was fast and kept all plants intact!
Lula –
Why can’t the black currant berry be shipped to Virginia?
derekcarter44 –
Sorry Virginia state law prevents me from shipping currants into your state.
Elizabeth –
Why do you not ship to Virginia? I wanted to purchase currant. black crrant.
derekcarter44 –
Sorry Virginia state law prevents me from shipping currants into your state.
William Schenck –
Why do you not ship to Virginia?
derekcarter44 –
Sorry Virginia state law prevents me from shipping currants into your state.
Jim storing –
What zone woul Michigan be in?
derekcarter44 –
It will depend on you specific location. Google “USDA hardiness zone” followed by your zip code.
Marie Claire Olivier –
Please notify me when this plant is back in stock
Jennifer R. (verified owner) –
I ordered 2 of these plants. Shipping was great. Both plants were well packaged and look nice and healthy! Hopefully they will survive our hot and humid KY summers as well as my non-green thumb. Lol
I will definitely order from Food Forest Nursery again.
Angelica T. (verified owner) –
Tracy J. (verified owner) –
So far so good planted great customer service. Can’t wait for some harvest
Norberto Armas (verified owner) –
I’m very happy to start growing this plant variety
Laura S. (verified owner) –
It’s buding
Paul P. (verified owner) –
Hallie (verified owner) –
Bare root but packaged well and looking healthy! Tons of roots on it and quickly put on buds.
Leah (verified owner) –
Can’t wait to grown them
In my yard!
Amy Wynne (verified owner) –
I love them, can’t wait to reap the rewards of this fruit
Jessica T. (verified owner) –
Tracy B. (verified owner) –
Healthy plants were delivered as scheduled
Ronald G. (verified owner) –
Natasha H. (verified owner) –
Arrived sooner than expected. Packaging was on point. Put them in the ground so we will see if they make it! I’m excited! Thank you!
Kellene S. (verified owner) –
Nice bare root plants at a good price.
EJ P. (verified owner) –
Good healthy looking plant with big roots
ryan s. (verified owner) –
They were budding alittle already.
Donald M. (verified owner) –
Danielle M. (verified owner) –
Savanna V. (verified owner) –
They came healthy and well protected
Amy (verified owner) –
Verna B. (verified owner) –
Very very pleased! Very healthy plants!!
Amy F. (verified owner) –
Both plants came in well packaged and healthy looking
Carla (verified owner) –
All plants have a good root system and green nodes. They are in the ground and ready to grow..
Danielle L. (verified owner) –
Can’t wait to get fruit from these! They were packed and shipped nicely and have no damage at all.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
I can’t complain about anything because it was shipped two days before it was supposed to and it was in great condition!
Jennifer L. (verified owner) –
Arrived in great condition and already budding!
Karl Mikolich (verified owner) –
Received them Friday can’t plant for at least a week how do I store them until I can plant
Lana M. (verified owner) –
The plants look very good! They look alive and well. I’m concerned, however, because the weather where I live has been too cold to get them in the ground. I hope they’ll stay alive for a week for a warm up. Until they grow, I won’t have additional information.
Sherri Galicia (verified owner) –
I have been able to plant it yet but after 3/21/23 I will they look great and happy sitting in a big pile of damp dirt just resting and waiting
Shannon Y. (verified owner) –
Can’t wait for this to start blooming!
Nicole R. (verified owner) –
Purchased three and excited for these to start bearing fruit next year!
Aloys Evers (verified owner) –
Beautiful plants
Sara M. (verified owner) –
Plant is healthy and doing well.
Sarah (verified owner) –
Growing well!
Kim (verified owner) –
Planted and already seeing green sprouts on the branches
Sonia T. (verified owner) –
We have planted the two we bought and I am hoping to reap from them soon!
Debra Pipes (verified owner) –
The package just arrived a couple days ago! Too cold to plant yet! I’ll let you know in a couple months!
Jazminn B. (verified owner) –
Very excited for this to fruit . Amazing bare root plant
Kenneth (verified owner) –
The tree arrived in great condition and was much larger than expected.
Brian Hoy (verified owner) –
Perfect just what we wanted.
Aleia R. (verified owner) –
Christina Hitchcock (verified owner) –
Very nice.
Ashley Wesenberg (verified owner) –
Can’t wait for it to produce
Lynda Karels (verified owner) –
They look good but I can’t plant them yet. Still snow on the ground. I soaked them and put them in a pot with dirt temporarily.
Sonya Brinegar (verified owner) –
All five plants have green on them already. My husband planted yesterday.
Melanie Burke (verified owner) –
Got her planted, just waiting for her to grow and be beautiful!!!
Nathan Weaver (verified owner) –
Good plants
Alicia Meeks (verified owner) –
My black currant arrived. I soaked the roots for 2 hours as suggested and planted. In less than a week, its got beautiful green shoots coming up all over. I’m over the moon.
William C. (verified owner) –
Bradley Stolzenberger (verified owner) –
Plants looked good right out of the box!
Ramon P. (verified owner) –
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😁😁😁😁😁
Tiffany (verified owner) –
My baby tree arrived promptly and on time. I’ve had it planted for 2 weeks now and there is already so much green growing!
Tina EPPLIN (verified owner) –
Cindy B. (verified owner) –
I will know more as the growing season progresses
Dawna McNeal (verified owner) –
The plants are better than expected! So happy!
Dena (verified owner) –
Luv
Melissa H. (verified owner) –
Great!
Victoria N. (verified owner) –
Plants look very healthy
Heath M. (verified owner) –
Plants arrived healthy with new growing sprouts!
Packed well and arrived in great shape
Katherine Knox (verified owner) –
Instructions for planting were very helpful and since planting, the stems grew new leaves/branches quickly. Great quality overall.
Carrie (verified owner) –
My order arrived at the very week I requested for a Spring planting. All bare roots were in great shape. No obstacles here. Derek is working hard to please.
Brittany (verified owner) –
They came in perfect condition. I followed the planting directions and within days, they were sprouting leaves. I am very happy with my purchase and will be purchasing again!
Bowman Moore (verified owner) –
Very pleased
Yvette A. (verified owner) –
When my two plants arrived, one was very healthy looking and the other was very dry and did not have any growth sprouts showing like the other. The healthy one is doing well but the other one is still showing no growth.
I was very excited to have found this berry and was disappointed in the quality I received.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
It’s growing great very happy with it.
Deborah Cook (verified owner) –
A little wild looking but doing well
Marshall G (verified owner) –
I recieved my Black Currant very quickly. I was able to put them in the ground the same day. Within a couple of days I started getting new growth and blooms.
Kevin W. (verified owner) –
Nice looking black currant plants.
Rebecca Williams (verified owner) –
So excited about these!! I live in a rental so I had to plant them temporarily in a large pot, but I have a friend coming to get them tomorrow and she is going to plant them on her property for me.
Linda (verified owner) –
appears to be a nice plant
Karlee Milligan (verified owner) –
My plants arrived neatly packaged and the roots were still quite moist when I opened them up!
Ann M Laughlin (verified owner) –
Comment above
Tasha (verified owner) –
Satisfied with the plants.
Rachel (verified owner) –
Healthy plants, still thriving.
Sabrina N. (verified owner) –
Began growing leaves right away!