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I think the name of this article should be changed from "white currant" to "whitecurrant". That way it more reflects
blackcurrant and
redcurrant. Though, uh, I don't actually know how to change article names, so someone else wil have to do that.
The article presently indiscriminately mixes information between the "albino" redcurrant (Ribes rubrum = R. sativum = R. silvestre) and the wild white currant (or Skunk Currant, Fetid Currant) Ribes glandulosum.
According to the article the white current is the same as the red except for the fruit. In which case, the Red Current grows around 1.5- 2m (mine is 1.8M) according to the redcurrent article, so isn't the White Current bigger too?
I've grown several different varieties of each (in the UK) and the white currant bushes have been smaller than the redcurrant bushes: roughly 1m vs 1.5m-2m. This isn't a conclusive comment: there may be varieties or climates where the whitecurrants grow larger.