About
Blackcurrant is a garden berry with thin dark skin, juicy flesh and a distinctive aroma. The small round berries grow in clusters and become almost black as they ripen.
Fresh harvest season
An orientation window for local open-field harvest in the regions already documented in the atlas — not retail, import, or storage availability.
Atlas regions summary: August 1 – August 19
Regions with data: Leningrad Oblast
In the kitchen
Blackcurrants have a rich sweet-tart flavour and a distinctive aroma. They are eaten fresh, cooked into jam and other preserves, used in drinks, and added to baking, desserts and sauces.
Seasonality by region
Leningrad Oblast(RU-LEN)
Season: August – August; Beginning; Active; Ending BeginningActiveEnding
- Season
- August 1 – August 19
- Confidence
- Indicative
Evidence
The indicative period is based on a Leningrad Oblast official reporting series that lists blackcurrant separately: the crop is absent from the early-July 2022 snapshot, cumulative harvest reached 11.5 t by 10 August, and the figure was unchanged by 19 August. Commercial relevance is additionally supported by 2023 data. There is no direct harvest-start statement, so the start is reconstructed conservatively as early August. Peak is unset.
Sources
Leningrad Oblast starts harvesting early vegetables (8 July 2022)
Committee for Agro-Industrial and Fisheries Complex of Leningrad Oblast
The 8 July report lists berry crops already being harvested, while blackcurrant is not yet mentioned. This helps constrain the early boundary of the indicative season.
Leningrad Oblast increases berry production (10 August 2022)
Committee for Agro-Industrial and Fisheries Complex of Leningrad Oblast
By 10 August, 11.5 tonnes of blackcurrants had been harvested in the region, confirming that harvesting was already underway by this date.
Leningrad Oblast greets Apple Spas with a rich harvest (19 August 2022)
Committee for Agro-Industrial and Fisheries Complex of Leningrad Oblast
By 19 August, the reported harvest remained at 11.5 tonnes. The lack of further increase is used as evidence that the main harvest period was ending.
Apple orchard planted in Podporozhsky District (2023 results: 740 t fruit and berries)
Committee for Agro-Industrial and Fisheries Complex of Leningrad Oblast
Harvest-share and planted-area data confirm commercial blackcurrant production in the region. This source is not used to determine the season dates.
