Gooseberry growers--what are your favorite varieties?

I have pretty good luck with glendale, welcome, and pixwell. Welcome is especially productive. As long as they get morning sun and afternoon shade and watered when we get into a summer drought they do pretty well in the Carolina’s zone 7b, at least. Glendale is noted for being quite heat tolerant, I think it was developed in MD.

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Anyone know anything about the Golda variety planting justice has?

I planted two Jeanne goosberry last spring.

They grew well looked happy most of the growing season… despite our nasty drought last year.

Hopefully get to try some fruit this year.

Last spring I started two crandell clove currants. Got some first season fruit… it was not great… hopefully improves this year.

TNHunter

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Jeannie fruits so heavily, it sprawls on the ground. i tie the canes of mine to a fence of chicken wire to help keep the fruit clean and ease picking.

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My Hinnomaki Red fruited for the first time last year. Maybe I didn’t let the fruits hang long enough on the bush, but their flavor didn’t impress me. They were rather sour. HR is prone to leaf diseases (probably fungal in origin) on my property, too.

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My Hinnomaki Red are best when they start to wrinkle… they need to hang for a while, but they are fantastic.

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My Glendale tasted like grapes last year when it fruited for the first time. Skin was sour but the inside was sweet. Lots of seeds tho.

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Jeanne needs to do the same. tastes like a good green grape.

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Thanks for the tip! I’ll try that this year!