Talk:White currant

I think the name of this article should be changed from "white currant" to "whitecurrant". That way it more reflects blackcurrant and redcurrant. Though, uh, I don't actually know how to change article names, so someone else wil have to do that.
 * Added whitecurrant as both spellings are in use. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.28.203.31 (talk) 00:45, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Needs to be changed. "Whitecurrant" is a different species. This is the wild white currant, which is not related to whitecurrants but to Ribes laxiflorum. 87.79.107.99 (talk) 00:50, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Collins English Dictionary calls it Ribes sativum. Is that also correct?--Sonjaaa (talk) 01:21, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The article presently indiscriminately mixes information between the "albino" redcurrant (Ribes rubrum = R. sativum = R. silvestre) and the wild white currant (or Skunk Currant, Fetid Currant) Ribes glandulosum.
 * As per the "most common use" rule, R. glandulosum should be under Ribes glandulosum, and White currant/Whitecurrant should redirect to Redcurrant. 87.79.107.99 (talk) 00:50, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Are these the same as mentioned in Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management? Illustrated here: http://archive.org/stream/mrsbeetonshouse00beetuoft#page/n31/mode/1up — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.31.143.204 (talk) 22:00, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Size?
According to the article the white current is the same as the red except for the fruit. In which case, the Red Current grows around 1.5- 2m (mine is 1.8M) according to the redcurrent article, so isn't the White Current bigger too?

IceDragon64 (talk) 11:37, 29 July 2013 (UTC)


 * I've grown several different varieties of each (in the UK) and the white currant bushes have been smaller than the redcurrant bushes: roughly 1m vs 1.5m-2m. This isn't a conclusive comment: there may be varieties or climates where the whitecurrants grow larger.


 * Gravuritas (talk) 10:45, 24 August 2013 (UTC)