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Gooseberries & Hybrid Berries 2011-12
GOOSEBERRIES bare-root £7.00
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gGggrGGGGreenfinch |
Mid. Heavy cropping, green,
mainly culinary. Mildew resistant. Vigorous, upright
bush. |
Captivator
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Late. Red berries with good mildew resistance. Pear shaped fruit with good sweet dessert flavour. Bred Canada.
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| Careless |
E/Mid. Heavy crops of large yellow fruit, slightly
sweet, moderate bush. Mainly culinary.
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| Dan's
Mistake |
Mid. Excellent flavour. Very large red hairy fruit;
heavy crops, spreading habit; fruits mostly on 1 year
old wood.
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| Greenfinch |
Mid. Green fruit, good flavour, heavy crop, vigorous
thorny bush, resistant to mildew.
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| Hinnomaki
Red |
Red-fruited and disease resistant
heavy cropping Finnish variety.
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| Hinnomaki
Yellow |
The same good
points as Hinnomaki Red but a yellow skinned fruit.
Good flavour.
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Invicta |
Mid. Green fruit, good
flavour, heavy crop, vigorous thorny bush, resistant
to mildew.
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| Jubilee |
Early/Mid. Derived from Careless - long
smooth fruit ripens yellow; good flavour; freezes well;
vigorous upright bush; some mildew resistance; dessert
or cook. |
| Langley
Gage |
Older variety with quality
white fruits, like nectar, late July. Upright neat bushes.
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| Leveller |
Large golden berries, good
crops, reliable. A very popular and relatively
easy variety to manage.
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Duke |
Mid. Red smooth fruit, cooks June for pies etc.
Excellent dessert flavour July, compact bush.
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Pax |
Mid. Red berries, compact
bush, few spines, medium sized fruit, fair flavour.
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| Rokula |
Very early red berries, dessert
quality, on a fairly weak drooping bush. A modern variety
with good mildew resistance, but fruit may crack with
irregular moisture supply. |
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Whinhams Industry |
Mid. Red
berries, excellent flavour, vigorous, very susceptible
to mildew, superb for wine.
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| Whitesmith |
Mid. Vigorous upright bush, then spreading, large
berry, very good flavour. The first wite gooseberry
to fruit and a good all-rounder. |
HYBRID BERRIES £7.00
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Black Velvet - n/a |
Purple/black berries , good gooseberry type flavour, spiny
bush to 1 metre. |
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Jostaberry |
Black berries with pleasant flavour, good for preserves.
Spineless bush to 2 metres. |
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Worcesterberry |
Black berries; good sharp flavour, spreading bush with
large curved thorns. |
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