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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Collins English Dictionary calls it Ribes sativum. Is that also correct?--Sonjaaa (talk) 01:21, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]