Ben Alder

Ben Alder is a late-season Scottish variety particularly valued for juice production due to its excellent colour, flavour and high vitamin C content, so is the variety of choice for those wanting to make richly coloured cordials, juices and wines.

Bred in Scotland for commercial production, it produces exceptionally heavy crops of small, intensely pigmented berries with outstanding colour stability. 

Key Features

• Late-season cropping
• Excellent juice quality
• High vitamin C content
• Strong colour and flavour
• Good for extending the harvest window

Fruiting & Harvest Time

Late season. Usually harvested July to August.

Its late flowering also helps avoid damage from late spring frosts

Size of Shrub

Medium to vigorous shrub, approx 1.5m high -1.8m wide, upright and vigorous habit