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  • From: Ribes60@aol.com
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] gooseberries ripe?
  • Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 14:01:54 EDT

This is in reply to severalposts of this thread:
 
I am in Zone 5 and have a number of gooseberries, none are ripening at this time. The usual ripening dates for most gooseberries here is about the first week of July. This year I expect that most will be at least a week to ten days later.
 
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.
 
Poormaan is a much better cultivar but is more susceptible to mildew. The berries can be allowed to ripen fully (til soft) and still have good flavor. They probably produce about 3/4 the crop that pixwell does.
 
 
 
Ed Mashburn
Central PA
Zone 5A



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