Careless
Variety of Gooseberry · Ribes uva-crispa
Large-fruited English classic with whitish-green berries — the quintessential cooking gooseberry.
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3🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1860
Taste & characteristics
Taste
sourjuicyrefreshing
Profile
- Parentage
- englische Selektion
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 7 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Large, whitish-green, juicy-tart berries; excellent for compote, baking and preserves.
Growth
Moderately vigorous, spreading bush; prone to mildew in poor sites.
Yield
High yields; proven old commercial variety.
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