Do you grow a variety called ‘Hinnonmaki Red’?
Do you grow a variety called ‘Leveller’?
Do you grow a variety called ‘Poorman’?
Do you grow a variety called ‘Hinnonmaki Yellow’?
Do you grow a variety called ‘Pixwell’?
Do you grow a variety called ‘Rokula’?
Do you grow a variety called ‘Captivator’?
Do you grow a variety called ‘Invicta’?
Do you grow a variety called ‘Tixia’?
This vigorous, very hardy variety produces heavy crops of large, dark red fruits with an excellent flavor, suitable for both dessert and culinary purposes. Berries are similar to ‘Whinham’s Industry’, but have a greater resistance to mildew.
This culinary and dessert variety bears exceptionally flavorful, very large, downy, yellow-green fruits, which are borne in abundance. It has a spreading, slightly drooping habit and requires fertile, well-drained soil.
This European-American hybrid is mildew resistant, vigorous, and not overly thorny. Annual renewal pruning helps it to keep producing good yields of medium red berries, which are excellent for eating when ripe, or in pies and jams.
Heavy crops of yellow fruits from medium to very large are produced from early to midsummer on vigorous, spreading bushes. A dual-purpose variety with a lovely flavor, it is suitable for organic growers, since it has some resistance to mildew.
Productive, mildew-resistant, and nearly thornless, hybrid ‘Pixwell’ grows to 4–6 ft (1.2–1.8 m) and bears clusters of pale green fruits that ripen to pink. The fruits are high in sugar, and excellent for pies, jams, and preserves.
This early-fruiting dessert variety has attractive, dark-red berries with a sweet flavor. Bushes are moderately vigorous with a drooping habit. It is mildew-resistant, but the fruit is prone to cracking if rainfall is erratic.
This hybrid gooseberry was developed in Canada for cold-hardiness and mildew resistance. The small, semi-thornless bush can be planted in partial shade and yields sweet, teardrop-shaped fruits that ripen from pink to red in the height of summer.
A fast-growing, mildew-resistant variety for both dessert and culinary use, it bears abundant large, yellowish-green fruits with a good flavor. Its very thorny stems are amenable to training against a wall and it is tolerant of shade and most soil types.
This recent introduction is favored for its high yields of large, bright red fruits with a sweet-tart flavor. The 4-ft (1.2-m) tall shrubs are vigorous and mildew-resistant; nearly thornless one-year shoots allow for painless picking.
‘Jahns Prairie’ hardy North American species produces tasty, sweet-tart berries. Maturing at 5 ft (1.5 m), the shrub has few thorns and upright growth, with sprawling branches. It is resistant to rust, mildew, and gray mold.
A. Baggaley, G. Barter, H. Caldon, R.L. Rosenfeld, P. Ruch, D. Vowles, R. Ward (2011). Great Fruit & Vegetable Guide, DK Publishing 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014
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Hi! I’m Sreten Filipović. I graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Belgrade, with a master's degree in Environmental Protection in Agricultural Systems. I’ve worked as a researcher at Finland's Natural Resources Institute (LUKE) on a project aimed at adapting south-western Finland to drought episodes. I founded a consulting agency in the field of environment and agriculture to help farmers who want to implement the principles of sustainability on their farms. I’m also a founding member of the nonprofit organization Ecogenesis from Belgrade whose main goal is non-formal education on the environment and ecology. In my spare time, I like to write blog posts about sustainability, the environment, animal farming, horticulture, and plant protection. I’ve also published several science-fiction short stories.
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