Welcome back black currants: Forbidden fruit making a comeback in New York

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The federal government had banned the growing of black and red currants in 1911 when the burgeoning logging industry put pressure on lawmakers to eliminate the currants because they were thought to be an intermediate host of white pine blister rust. New disease-resistant varieties of currants were later developed and in 1966 the government left it up to the states to lift the ban. Quinn persuaded New York state to lift the ban in 2003.

"New York state was the leading commercial producer of red currants in the U.S. before the ban," says Quinn, who is teaching landowners and farmers how to grow currants. He wants to see New York return to being the number one producer of currants and set the standard for quality. Quinn has developed 65 new currant products.

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https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2006/07...0blister%20rust.