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    When I was little, my Granny had about 10 or 12 really big gooseberry bushes. They had quite small green fruits and were tart rather than sweet. They were quite hairy too. They must have been planted in the 1960s at the very earliest and possibly a long time before. I absolutely loved them and would really like to try growing some.

    Does anyone know what variety they might have been?
    I was feeling part of the scenery
    I walked right out of the machinery
    My heart going boom boom boom
    "Hey" he said "Grab your things
    I've come to take you home."

  • #2
    Gooseberry Cultivars

    Has a pictures of many types were they cooking or desert ?

    Maybe careless ?

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    • #3
      Must be a story behind a gooseberry called Dan's Mistake?
      Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

      www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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      • #4
        Seahorse,

        The recommended mildew resistant type (from my book) are:
        Captivator
        Greenfinch
        Hinnonmaki Gul/ Hinnonmaki Keltainen
        Hinnonmaki Rod / Lepaan Punainen
        Invicta
        Josselyn
        Lepac
        Martlet
        Mucurines
        Pax
        Pixwell
        Spinefree
        Worcester
        Rochus
        Reflamba
        Remarka
        Reverta
        Rixanta
        Rokula
        Rolanda.
        Remarka, Rolanda & Invicta produce the biggest berries.
        But I have no idea about the colour/growing habit nor any other info. Do some google search base on their cultivar names and hopefully you can get them in Uk too. I love them, they are yummyyyy but watch out for the birds, they love it too

        Momol
        Last edited by momol; 24-01-2008, 04:08 PM.
        I grow, I pick, I eat ...

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        • #5
          I really wish I could go to a gooseberry tasting! I can narrow it down from the pics in slg's post (assuming it is one of those of course) but beyond that, I can only think I'd need to taste them to be sure

          I'll do some further research, although sadly, Googling 'gooseberry, small, hairy, dark green, pre 1960' yields no useful info!

          Tahnks for all the advice so far folks.
          I was feeling part of the scenery
          I walked right out of the machinery
          My heart going boom boom boom
          "Hey" he said "Grab your things
          I've come to take you home."

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          • #6
            That what we did Sea Horse, we went to the Garden Centre and tasted it ( with the permision from the keeper) and then bought 7 green bushes and 7 red bushes and until now I don't know their cultivar name, but they are meldew resistant.
            Hope you can tested yours first before buying, good luck...

            Momol
            I grow, I pick, I eat ...

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            • #7
              Try this

              This supplier has loads of types of gooseberries

              Rougham Hall Nurseries - Gooseberry Availability

              Why don't you a) look for all that meet that criteria b) then use this link

              Gooseberry Cultivars

              To look at the picture.

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              • #8
                A lot of older non mildew resistant varieties are now very difficult to obtain and to be honest,

                I heartily recommend the hannonmiki red and green (the red is sweeter), invicta and pax. The pax has the added benefit of being spineless.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by pigletwillie View Post
                  A lot of older non mildew resistant varieties are now very difficult to obtain and to be honest,

                  I heartily recommend the hannonmiki red and green (the red is sweeter), invicta and pax. The pax has the added benefit of being spineless.

                  Excellent I planted the red (sometimes called rod from Swedish from red) last year.


                  However aren't a lot of the older varieties tastier than invicta which I don't really like that much ?

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by southlondongardener View Post
                    This supplier has loads of types of gooseberries

                    Rougham Hall Nurseries - Gooseberry Availability

                    Why don't you a) look for all that meet that criteria b) then use this link

                    Gooseberry Cultivars

                    To look at the picture.
                    Thanks for those links, narrows it down a bit at least!

                    Originally posted by pigletwillie View Post
                    A lot of older non mildew resistant varieties are now very difficult to obtain and to be honest,

                    I heartily recommend the hannonmiki red and green (the red is sweeter), invicta and pax. The pax has the added benefit of being spineless.
                    I've got Invicta and Hannonmiki Green, plus several other modern ones and I do take the point about mildew resistance. I much prefer tart to sweet varieties btw.

                    I've asked my Mum if she can find out if any of the aged relatives might know what Granny had in the garden!
                    I was feeling part of the scenery
                    I walked right out of the machinery
                    My heart going boom boom boom
                    "Hey" he said "Grab your things
                    I've come to take you home."

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                    • #11
                      FOR FLUMMERY,
                      the story behind dans mistake was he was a nursery man who recieved an order for gooseberrys from someone, he sent them and when they fruited they were the wrong colour from what had been origiannally orderded,
                      the man complained to the nursery and was made to i think refund and give this man a load more gooseberries true to cultivar,a mistake had been made in the nursey rows on some plants/test seedlings thus giving rise to the name
                      DANS MISTAKE to the remaining gooseberries in the row, not really a mistake as its a briliant goosegog,
                      ill try and find the complete story ,i had it in a book somewere,
                      stew

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                      • #12
                        Thanks for that Swaine - I love the 'back stories' to some of the plant names. Sounds like an expensive mistake for him!
                        Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                        www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                        • #13
                          My grandfather always grew 'Careless' and we loved it as kids - I've just bought one for myself although it's not known for its mildew resistance. I'll let you know how it tastes if it fruits this year
                          Growing in the Garden of England

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                          • #14
                            Thanks for that kvp. 'Careless' was one of my shortlist but I've found it hard to date some varieties. Dare I ask whether you would have been eating your Grandad's gooseberries in the late sixties/seventies?
                            I was feeling part of the scenery
                            I walked right out of the machinery
                            My heart going boom boom boom
                            "Hey" he said "Grab your things
                            I've come to take you home."

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                            • #15
                              hi careless is definetley PRE- 1864, (eighteen sixty four)
                              one of the many older ones still holding its own against the newbies
                              think is was bred by someone called crompton,
                              stew

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