Black and Red Currant Progress. May 2020

This year’s blueberries are once again a bust, with flowers dropping and no actual berries forming as yet. That said, the currents are going crazy, and provided the birds stay away (as they did last year, fortunately) we’ll have 10X last year’s crop.

Currant flower buds
Currant flower buds about to open. Vancouver, April, 2020

 

Red currant flower buds opening
Red currant flower buds opening. Vancouver, April 2020

 

Red Currant Flowers
Red currants, flowering. Vancouver, April 2020

 

Black currant fruiting
Black currant fruits set. Vancouver, May 2020

 

Red currant fruiting
Red currant fruit set. Vancouver, May 2020