Variety profile
Jostabeere ‚Josta’
Ribes × nidigrolaria · Grossulariaceae
- Ripening
- mittel
- Harvest
- Week 27 to 30
- Vigour
- stark
- Origin
- Deutschland
- Introduced
- 1977
- Self-fertile
- Yes
- Use
- Tafel, Saft, Einmachen, Backen
- Disease resistance
- Blattfallkrankheit: hoch, Mehltau: hoch, Saeulenrost: hoch
About this variety
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The original jostaberry is a thornless cross between blackcurrant and gooseberry and thus the easygoing classic for the bed. It grows strongly and broadly, so it needs a little space, but it repays you with heavy crops and great robustness against mildew and rust. The berries ripen in midsummer and the bush is self fertile, so a single plant will crop. A second Josta bush or a currant nearby does noticeably increase the yield, though.
Mildly tart with a hint of the sharp currant aroma but none of its severity. Pleasantly juicy fresh from the bush; cooked down it develops a dark, rounded berry flavour.
Care and diseases
Soil, feeding, pruning, companion planting and diseases apply to every variety of this species alike. You will find the full guidance on the species page.
All care notes for Jostabeere