Golden Currant vs Trader Mulberry - TreeTime.ca

Golden Currant vs Trader Mulberry

Morus x Trader

Ribes aureum

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Golden Currant

The Trader Mulberry is a rare find. Named for the Trader family who brought the mulberry from Germany when they immigrated to the U.S. in 1982 and planted the original tree at their new homestead in North Dakota. This tree still bears fruit today! Similar to the Illinois Everbearing, but more winter hardy, this mulberry is a cross between white and red mulberry trees. This vigourous tree will produce large, sweet-tasting, virtually-seedless, black fruit throughout the entire summer and is great for fresh eating, jams, and wine. Do not plant near walkways or driveways as the berries can stain.

Golden Currant produces berries for jams, jellies, sauces and even pemmican. This currant bush is very dense, allowing for use as a hedge, windbreak, or wildlife habitat.

This plant is also a very popular rootstock to graft popular red and white currant varieties to. The resulting plants are taller, more productive, and easier to harvest.

Trader Mulberry Quick Facts

Golden Currant Quick Facts

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Zone: 3b
Zone: 4a
Height: 15 m (50 ft)
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 9 m (30 ft)
Spread: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: long
Life span: short
Suckering: none
Suckering: medium
Maintenance: medium


Fall colour: reddish purple
Flowers: yellow
Berries: black seedless, large
Berries: glossy black berries
Flavor: sweet
Harvest: Early July - Early September
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: AB, BC
Other Names: mulberry, red mulberry
Other Names: buffalo currant, clove currant, fragrant golden currant, golden flowering currant, spicebush