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PufPuf23

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2. Currants are in the genus Ribes

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Wed Jan 14, 2026, 11:32 PM

16 hrs ago

Ribes genus include gooseberries and currants as species in the genera.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribes

Red flowering currant grows in the forest where I live as do several species of gooseberries, with and without spines.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribes_sanguineum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronartium_ribicola

White pine blister rust spends part of life cycle on Ribes. The disease was introduced to North America on currant nursery stock. White pine blister rust has the range, abundance and commercial viability of the 5-needle pines in North America.

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NO, NO, NO, AI overview, currants are NOT grapes! I was thinking about [View all] niyad 17 hrs ago OP

Zanthe "currents" are Corinth grapes. An ancient small, sweet wine grape. haele 17 hrs ago #1

Currants are in the genus Ribes PufPuf23 16 hrs ago #2

I've never found an AI overview yet that is accurate. n/t Ms. Toad 16 hrs ago #3

I usually ignore them, but that phrase caught my eye, and I looked to make niyad 6 hrs ago #5

I figured out how to turn it off. Ms. Toad 5 hrs ago #7

The first time I saw an "AI overview" from a Google, it was so ridiculously wrong I wish I had saved it for posterity... eppur_se_muova 16 hrs ago #4

Interesting that you used salt as n example. A friend recently gave me niyad 6 hrs ago #6

by Mark Terlensky ? The author of "Cod" ? eppur_se_muova 5 hrs ago #8

Yes. niyad 4 hrs ago #10

Great book nt mr715 4 hrs ago #9

Raisins and currants are dried grapes, as are sultanas muriel_volestrangler 4 hrs ago #11