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  • From: "Brungardt, Sam" <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [NAFEX] gooseberries ripe?
  • Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 09:33:04 -0500

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The very vigorous, USDA-developed cultivar Glenndale also does well in  more southerly climes.  The quality of the ripe fruit, however, does not match some of these other cultivars.  It grows like gangbusters here in St. Paul, Minn. (USDA hardiness zone 4b). -- Sam Brungardt
 
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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of lee reich
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 6:00 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] gooseberries ripe?

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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