[Sca-cooks] Gooseberries?

[Kate Wood]

On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Elise Fleming <alysk at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> Greetings!  When I was a child in the early 1940s, we had a gooseberry bush
> in Pennsylvania.  However, after we moved to New Jersey, New York, etc., I
> haven't been aware of gooseberries being grown by anyone.  My question is,
> are gooseberries common or pretty much non-existent in your area?  Do you
> have any in your garden or yard or do any of your neighbors/friends?
>
> Alys K.

As a child in Massachusetts, my best friend had some growing wild in
the field next to her yard. I did try to cultivate some as an adult in
Vermont, but I ended up moving after a year so they never took off, at
least as far as I could see. Maybe they're still there now.

Kate