Xenia
Variety of Gooseberry · Ribes uva-crispa
Large, red, nearly thornless premium variety with sweet flavour — a modern dessert gooseberry.
8
5
3🇨🇭 Switzerland 2008
Taste & characteristics
Taste
juicysweetaromatic
Susceptibility & resistance
Powdery mildew
Profile
- Parentage
- Lubera-Züchtung
- Breeder
- Markus Kobelt (Lubera)
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 7 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Very large, pink-red, sweet and aromatic berries; excellent dessert fruit.
Growth
Upright, nearly thornless bush; easy to pick.
Yield
Early-cropping, good yields.
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