‘Viking’ Red Currant
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https://doi.org/10.71318/apom.2000.54.2.54Abstract
Ribes petraeumWulf x R. rubrumL. cv. Viking originated in As, Norway as ‘Rote Hollandische’ but was renamed in the United States. Glen G. Hahn originally imported this clone in the early 1930's because of its resistance to white pine blister rust, Cronartium ribicolaJ. C. Fischer. Hahn renamed the cultivar for the United States market to prevent confusion with R. rubrumcv. American Red Dutch, which was rust susceptible. ‘Viking’ is a vigorous, good-yielding, cold hardy cultivar with resistance to North American diseases and pests. White pine blister rust uredia have not been observed on leaves of this cultivar under natural field conditions throughout the United States, although susceptibility to rust has been reported under highly infective laboratory conditions.
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