[Sca-cooks] Gooseberries?

[Holly Stockley]

Actually, MOST of the newer varieties of Ribes species are White Pine Blister Rust resistant.  It's usually worth calling your local extension office or talking with the Dept of Ag to find out, as they're worthwhile both as landscape species and for the berries.
They're on the rise again, at least locally.  I know of one U-pick raspberry farm that has added gooseberries and currants to their offerings, at least to a small degree.  I'm also finding that red currants are pretty common, both in season at the farmer's market and now at the grocery store - shipped in from South America.  White currants can be found if you go looking.  Gooseberries are slightly less common even than the white currants, but I suspect will follow the renaissance.  Part of it is that they fit nicely into current permaculture systems and edible landscaping.  Newer books on the subject are devoted more space to the species.
Femke

> From: dephelps at embarqmail.com
> To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
> Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 08:40:15 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Gooseberries?
> 
> 
> Took me a minute or two to find the reference but  "...the gooseberry is a 
> potential host for white pine blister rust, which can cause serious damage 
> to white pines; thus, gooseberry cultivation is illegal in some areas of the 
> U.S."
> 
>  Last I saw them cultivated was as a child in Michigan.
> 
> Daniel
> 
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> From: "Elise Fleming" <alysk at ix.netcom.com>
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> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 8:19 AM
> Subject: [Sca-cooks] Gooseberries?
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> 
> > 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.
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