Gooseberries "Best" Collection - Retail

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GOOSEBERRIES "BEST" COLLECTION

Ribes

We have tested and selected three of the best cultivars for our valued customers. These three favorites are vigorous and disease resistant. Zones 3-7

BLACK VELVET - When fully ripe the fruit changes to shiny black after a green beginning. It is fun to wait and watch the gradual color transformation. And they can hang for days or even weeks without dropping or softening. Perfect for the procrastinator! The juice has a color that is close to a rose wine. The fruits are flavorful when eaten fresh or boil them into a syrup, it is perfect when poured over waffles or ice cubes. A juice-bar winner, for sure! They ripen in early summer.

JAHNS PRARIE - Bears large, oval-shaped, light-red fruits that will cover a nickel. The fruit balances the sweet and the tart. They are featured in European deserts. The name "Jahn" is Dutch or German for "John", which you might have guessed.

JEANNE - Are you ready for this history-making gooseberry? This is the newest of all the hundreds of gooseberry varieties grown in the world. Jeanne is a disease and pest resistant, high quality, dark-red, dessert gooseberry cultivar. It is a late-ripening, dark red dessert gooseberry with an unknown mixed European/American gooseberry pedigree. JEANNE should be suitable for commercial gooseberry production or home plantings. The yield of JEANNE is higher than from most gooseberries, with production of about 1.5 kg/3+ lbs per plant. The leaves are highly resistant to powdery mildew. Even more in its favor, the leaves of JEANNE are also highly resistant to white pine blister rust. They have very few pesky spines. Maybe we have saved the best for last!

Care Info

  • Plant Type:An upright fruiting shrub with thorns. Growth will be 4 feet to 7 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide.
  • pH Requirements:5.0 - 7.0
  • Soil Type:Sandy loam or clay loam
  • Light Requirements:Full to filtered sun
  • Plant Rows Spacing:3 feet
  • Plant Aisle Spacing:9 feet
  • Mulching:Beneficial in all soils
  • USDA Zones:3 - 7
  • Scientific Name:Ribes

Grow Guide

PLANT USES: The fruits are consumed fresh or in marmalades, juices, pastries and wine. The gooseberry fruits make the best marmalades and pies. The sweet sour flavors of the fruit is a taste anyone will remember and will want to eat again.
WATER REQUIREMENTS: Keep the soil moist at all times during the growing season.
FERTILIZER REQUIREMENTS: Optimum amounts of fertilizers should be used to grow the plants fast to the wires. Nitrogen at the rates of 100 ppm daily can be used or apply granular Ammonium Nitrate, Calcium Nitrate or Ammonium Sulfate. In early spring apply small amounts of any Nitrogen fertilizer to the plant using 1 ounce per plant every 2 weeks during the growing season. Other nutrients should be added according to soil tests. The first two or three years will be needed to do nothing but grow the plant. Special attention should be given to Nitrogen applications . At maturity, the fourth year, apply Nitrogen at rates of 60 pounds and 90 pounds per acre of plants, broadcasting around the root growing area.

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