Versaillaise Blanche white currant bush produces white currants with a low-acid, rather sweet flavour when fully ripe.
The berries should be left to ripen properly before harvest. At full maturity, the fruit becomes fairly mild on the palate.
The white colour makes the berries less attractive to birds, as is also observed with the variety Blanka.
Versaillaise Blanche has average disease sensitivity.
Maturity is late. The variety is self-fertile.
We supply Versaillaise Blanche as a cutting-propagated currant bush, available in bush form.
Variety characteristics
Variety origin
Old French whitecurrant variety, appearing around 1840 near Versailles.
Origin
Period of origin
USDA zone
Flowering
Eating / keeping period
Use
Sweetness / acidity
Disease resistance
Self-fertility
Ploidy
Origin and identity
Parentage
Old selection of Ribes rubrum, exact parents unknown
Synonyms
White Versailles, Weisse Versailler, Versailles Blanche
Growth and adaptation
Vigour and habit
Medium vigour, slightly spreading bushy habit
