Ben Connan

• Season: Early season
• Main characteristic/s: High yielding, large fruited
• Breeder: Scottish Crop Research Institute, Scotland

Cropping Season
Flowering period similar to Ben Lomond and three days later than Baldwin. Harvest dates approximately five days earlier than Ben Lomond, which provides a useful extension to the harvest season.

Fruit Quality
Large berries are borne on medium length strigs. Fruit sets well throughout the bush.

Fruit Yield
Good fruit yields.

Plant Characteristics
The high levels of disease and pest resistance lends this cultivar to organic cultural systems. |Ben Connan is not, at present, recommended for conventional juicing processes.

Disease Resistance
Resistance is shown to the blackcurrant leaf curling midge (Dasineura tetensi). To date, American gooseberry mildew (Sphaerotheca mors-uvae) and leaf spot (Beudopeziza ribis) are not a problem.

Use of the Variety
Ben Connan is particularly well suited to outlets that require large fruit, including Pick-your-own and the home-garden market.

Plant Supply
Ben Connan is protected in Denmark under PVR Grant No. 16729; Netherlands National List Grant No. 36528; Poland National List Entry No. S 493; Slovakia National List Grant No. 5941. The propagation and sale of plants, or parts of plants, of Ben Connan without a propagation licence is prohibited. Ben Connan plants are supplied by the following licensed propagators: