[NAFEX] gooseberries ripe?

lee reich lreich at hvc.rr.com
Wed Jun 15 19:00:00 EDT 2005


Glendale, Poorman, Welcome, and Red Jacket are all as easy to grow as  
Pixwell, and taste a lot better.

Lee Reich, PhD
www.leereich.com



On Jun 15, 2005, at 5:18 PM, Lucky Pittman wrote:

> At 01:01 PM 6/12/2005, Ed wrote:
>> Re Pixwell:
>>
>> Should be named "grows well", the berries are a bit easier to pick  
>> than most gooseberries but the quality is not very good.They are  
>> better than no gooseberries at all. My feeling is that they almost  
>> have to be picked under-ripe. If they are fully ripe they are just  
>> sweet mush, there is no character to the flavor if they are ripe.  
>> I pick Pixwell (if I pick them at all) when they are just turning  
>> color, they are a bit tart but make pretty good pie, jam and wine  
>> at that stage.
> I'll agree with everything Ed wrote.  Pixwell 'ain't much punkin'',  
> but it is one that will grow well and produce berries for me, in  
> full sun in my hot zone 6.  I killed several of the better  
> cultivars when I was first starting out, by putting 'em in full  
> sun.  They just couldn't handle it here.  Pixwell took a lickin'  
> and kept on tickin'.
> One of these days, I'll probably go back and try growing some GOOD  
> gooseberries.
>
> Lucky
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