Talk:Blackcurrant

message: Done. Darorcilmir (talk) 23:06, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not connected with French page "cassis" yet, can someone change this? 

message: Can an American confirm that over there creme de cassis means a blackcurrant cordial (as the article currently suggests) rather than a liqueur?  Mintguy 18:23, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm an American who has lived in Europe.  Creme de Cassis is a liquer, as with Creme de Menthe, Creme de Cacao, etc.  "Creme de ___ " are generally more syrupy in texture than spirits, and primarily used as mixers to flavour other drinks.  May also be served in tiny, stemmed cordial glasses 69.22.236.244 (talk) 15:28, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  creme de... cordial or liqueur? 

message: The blackcurrant seems pretty much non-existent in North America, which is surprising.  Is there any good reason (climate, pests, etc) why this is so?
--Morven 23:55, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: It is an alternate host for a rust of wheat and banned by USDA in wheat-growing states. Wetman 02:15, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

text: Also white pine blister rust, so banned in states with white pine forests (most of the Northeast). Bruxism 21:35, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Occurance of blackcurrant in USA 

message: :I've just found out why Blackcurrant (and Ribena) is so popular in Britain, and this needs to go into the article. ... During WWII fruits rich in vitamin C like oranges became almost impossible to obtain, blackcurrant cultivation was dramatically increased in order to provide children with an alternative source of Vitamin C. From 1942 the almost the entire British blackcurrant crop was made into blackcurrant syrup (or cordial) and distributed to the nation's children for free.  Mintguy (T) 01:16, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: This may well be true in america, but in the UK a cordial is always non-alcoholic. Starfiend (talk) 15:03, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Vitamin C

message: Someone moved this page to Black Currant.  I moved it back since I disagree with the renaming.  For one thing, the capitalised second word is against Wikipedia convention; for another, the single-word version is more common.  Rather than re-making this change, discuss it here. —Morven 06:10, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  It is never called a Black Currant, except when discussing currants generally, when someone might occasionally write about "currants (black, white or red)" seglea 06:25, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: That one-word spelling looks weird to me, though blackcurrant is as/more common on the net as/than black currant according to Google. I guess it's on the model of blackberry, blueberry, rather than red pepper, green pepper. Still, the one-word form doesn't appear in any dictionary that I can find, e.g. dictionary.com, so I would favor the two-word form (no capitals, though). Of course, I'm no expert. I wonder if the one-word form is more of a British/Commonwealth English thing. Kaicarver (talk) 09:43, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Could be. I'm British, and would notice "black currant" as unusual; it's almost always spelt as one word here. Loganberry (Talk) 00:56, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Naming

message: The aftertaste is not "bitter" as the text says, it is acidic and tannic, or "woody" I'd say. Anyone agree strongly enough to change the text? Wetman 02:15, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: "Cherry flavored sweets are unheard of in Britain" - that's rubbish. Bassett's Cherry Drops and Cherry flavoured Tunes spring to mind. Jooler 22:22, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Taste

message: No mention of Tea? I personally enjoy Blackcurrant as tea (I'm an American, it's hard to get blackcurrant; Also, I'm not sure if it's "normal" tea leaves treated with Blackcurrant concentrate, or Blackcurrant leaves). You end up with a wonderfully fruity, heavy tea, which is amazing when concentrated and drunk cold. 66.215.12.70 (talk) 07:42, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tea 

message: Hello!
I really do not understand this zeal of some editors to specify the names of plants in English wikipedia articles in other languages, too. There are English articles with French, German, Chinese or Hindu etc. names. Except some cases where etimology explanations are needed, it has no any sense to give here the names in other languages. Or if we give them in French, or Chinese, why not specify them also in Hungarian, Swahili, Tibetan, Japanese, Arabic, Swedish, etc.? Why apply any discrimination? And take care: there are thousands of spoken languages on Earth. Translations of plant names can be found by simply clicking the interwiki links, or consulting the Wiktionary. --Mazarin07 (talk) 23:32, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Foreign names of plants in English Wikipedia articles 

message: what idiot made that law! cos it threatens an indosty this from a captisit country what a bunch of morons.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.222.227.22 (talk) 02:41, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ilegal 

message: describing the product Ribena as "universally sold" is ludicrous. the context indicates the product is better described as "sold in the UK  and some of it's former colonies."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.238.163.222 (talk) 01:07, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  culinary uses 

message: I noticed that in (the NE of) Poland and the Baltic states a mid size supermarket usually carried liter cartons of pure (100%) blackcurrant juice. Probably meant for mixing, but the locals also drank it pure. I liked it too :-) 88.159.64.210 (talk) 15:27, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Availability 

message: Great work on this article in general- may I just question the 'essential nutrients' addition you've just made?  The info is almost exactly the same as for most plants- so I suggest that preferably, it doesn't deserve space in the blackcurrant article, or less preferably, at least it should be mentioned that blackcurrants are like pretty much all plants.
Gravuritas (talk) 16:32, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: If you look at the GA review above, you will see that information on the nutrients required by this fruit was one of the things that the reviewer wished me to add. I am working rather piecemeal through his comments. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:09, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Essential nutrients-@Cwmhiraeth 

message: I was sorry to see this comment deleted- it is one of the most notable/ unusual things about blackcurrant cultivation and the article is the poorer for its absence.  Having seen the amount of good work that Cwmhiraeth has put in to the article I don't wish to assert my view strongly- it's just a suggestion.
Gravuritas (talk) 20:48, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I have replaced it. The reason for the alterations I made to the Cultivation section can be seen here. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:07, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  deep planting 

message: As of this writing, the second paragraph mentions a common disease of blackcurrants called reversion which is attributed to the Blackcurrant Gall Mite. The term reversion is linked to the page Sport_(botany) which, confusingly, happens to be another, although quite correct, botanical meaning for the term reversion. In other words, there are two botanical meanings to the term reversion and the article is pointing to the wrong one, so I've unlinked the word in the article from the wrong definition and pointed it to Cecidophyopsis_ribis#Blackcurrant_reversion_disease instead. --79.76.115.13 (talk) 07:12, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  There's reversion and then there's reversion. 

message: Is "blackcurrant" instead of "black currant" an ENGVAR thing? It looks strange to me as an American, but I'd assumed it was UK English. But I noticed that the common name adopted by the Botanical Society of the British Isles is "Black Currant". The RHS however seems to favor "blackcurrant". From 1800-1960 in Google NGrams], "black currant" has predominated, but "blackcurrant" started taking off around 1940. In recent years both terms have been close, going back and forth for which is most common. Redcurrant is a similar situation, rising in popularity since 1960, but it's not yet managed to overtake "red currant". And the article for white currant includes a space in the title. Plantdrew (talk) 22:30, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps because other berries were one word before the 1800s? A cousin Ribes berry, goose berry vs. gooseberry? Black berry vs. blackberry. An etymology riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. --Zefr (talk) 00:51, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: It's certainly odd, because I would, without thinking, write "blackcurrant" but "red currant" and "white currant". All I can offer is that blackcurrants are more common than the others. It may also have something to do with the popularity of Ribena; I see that even on the American Amazon website here, the drink is called "blackcurrant concentrate" not "black currant concentrate". Peter coxhead (talk) 11:33, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Good thought, Peter. Ribena might very well have something to do with it. The introduction of Ribena does match the time frame when "blackcurrant" started taking off. Plantdrew (talk) 17:17, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blackcurrant vs. black currant 

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