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| name = ''Ribes uva-crispa''

|familia=Grossulariaceae

| common_names = Gooseberry

|genus=Ribes

| growth_habit = deciduous shrub

|species=uva-crispa

| high =    <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->

|common_name=Gooseberry

| wide =     <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->

|habit=shrub

| origin =     <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->

|Min ht metric=cm

| poisonous =     <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->

|lifespan=perennial

| lifespan = perennial

|exposure=sun, part-sun

| exposure = full sun, semi-shade (in hot summer areas)

|water=moderate

| water = regular

|features=deciduous, edible, fruit

| features = fruit

|Temp Metric=°F

| hardiness =    <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->

|image=Stachelbeeren.jpg

|image_width=200

| sunset_zones = 1-6, 15-17, 34-43 for best fruit

| color = IndianRed

| image = Stachelbeeren.jpg

| image_width = 200px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->

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Gooseberry. A bush-fruit, grown for its large berries, which are mostly consumed green in cookery.

Gooseberry. A bush-fruit, grown for its large berries, which are mostly consumed green in cookery.

Gooseberry fruit-worm (Zophodia grossulariae, Pack.). —Just before gooseberries ripen, clusters of two or three may sometimes be noticed, which are prematurely colored, and which are joined together by the webs spun by the caterpillar of a small moth. These caterpillars are pale greenish white and sometimes have a reddish tinge. They live inside the berries and, when the contents of one berry are consumed, attack another near at hand, joining it to the first by a silken web. When full grown they fall to the ground and spin brown parchment-like cocoons, just beneath the surface of the ground. The moths, which arc pale gray, marked with dark streaks and bands, are very rarely observed. They fly early in spring, and there is only one brood in the year. Remedy: The best method of controlling this insect, which fortunately is never very abundant, is to pick by hand the clusters of injured berries. It is thought that chickens and other poultry are useful in destroying the larva? and chrysalids; and it is certain that, while chickens are very small, they are useful in a garden in destroying a great number of injurious insects. The old hen, however, should be kept securely cooped up and not allowed to run at large.

Gooseberry fruit-worm (Zophodia grossulariae, Pack.). —Just before gooseberries ripen, clusters of two or three may sometimes be noticed, which are prematurely colored, and which are joined together by the webs spun by the caterpillar of a small moth. These caterpillars are pale greenish white and sometimes have a reddish tinge. They live inside the berries and, when the contents of one berry are consumed, attack another near at hand, joining it to the first by a silken web. When full grown they fall to the ground and spin brown parchment-like cocoons, just beneath the surface of the ground. The moths, which arc pale gray, marked with dark streaks and bands, are very rarely observed. They fly early in spring, and there is only one brood in the year. Remedy: The best method of controlling this insect, which fortunately is never very abundant, is to pick by hand the clusters of injured berries. It is thought that chickens and other poultry are useful in destroying the larva? and chrysalids; and it is certain that, while chickens are very small, they are useful in a garden in destroying a great number of injurious insects. The old hen, however, should be kept securely cooped up and not allowed to run at large.

'''Adaptation''': Gooseberries grow best in summer humid, cool regions with great winter chilling. In California they are fairly productive in the coolest parts of the San Francisco Bay Area, the outer Coast Ranges and coastal northern California. They are probably not worth trying in southern California. except at high elevations. With proper attention gooseberries can be grown in containers.  

 

Ribes Grossularia, Linn. (Grossularia reclinata, Mill.). Shrub, to  

'''Growth Habit''': Gooseberries are deciduous shrubs, fast growing under optimum conditions to 3 feet tall and 6 feet wide. The plant is suitable for training as a standard. American types have weeping stems that will root wherever they touch the ground and can be invasive. Annual growth is in a single flush in spring. The roots are superficial, fine and easily damaged by frequent cultivation.

3 ft.: branches ascending or reclining, with stout spines, about

 

1/2in. long, mostly in 3's, st. sometimes bristly: lvs. suborbicular,  

'''Foliage''': The buds perk up early in the spring, dotting the stems with green when most other plants are still tawny. The leaves are alternate, single, deeply lobed, and glossy dark green (European types), or pale to gray-green and sometimes finely pubescent (American types). The stems are thin, becoming woody, with a large thorn at each axil. American gooseberry stems are densely bristly, with one or more additional thorns at each axil. Leaf size and number are reduced under heat or light stress, and are easily burned by intense sunlight. Plants that have been subject to drought may make a new growth flush after deep irrigation. If the roots are lost, regrowth will wait until the following spring.

cordate to broadly cuneate, 3-5-lobed with crenulate-dentate, obtusish

 

lobes, pubescent or glabrous, 3/4-2 1/2 in. broad: fls. 1-2, greenish;

'''Flowers''': The inconspicuous flowers, green with pink flushed petals, open in early spring. They are borne laterally on one-year old wood and on short spurs of older wood. The flowers are self-fertile and pollinated by wind and insects, including bees. Each flower bud opens to yield from one to four flowers, depending on cultivar.

bracts small; ovary pubescent and often glandular; calyx-tube

 

'''Fruit''': The fruit, borne singly or in pairs at the axils, is a berry with many minute seeds at the center. A gooseberry may be green, white (gray-green), yellow, or shades of red from pink to purple to almost black. Fruits of the European gooseberry may be very large, like a small plum, but are usually 1 inch long, less in width. American gooseberry fruits are smaller (to 1/2 inch), perfectly round, all becoming pink to wine-red at maturity. Skin color is most intense in full sunlight. Berries generally drop when overripe. The fruit has a flavor all its own, the best dessert cultivars as luscious as the best apple, strawberry or grape.  

sepals; stamens shorter than sepals; style pubescent: fr. globose to

 

ovoid, usually pubescent and glandular-bristly. Eu., N. Afr.,  

Caucasus. Var. Uva-crispa, Smith (var.  

pubescens, W. D. Koch. R. Uva-crispa, Linn.). Low shrub: lvs. smaller,  

pubescent: ovary pubescent, not glandular: fr. very small, yellowish,  

pubescent. Var. reclinatum, Berl. (var. glabrum, W. D. Koch. R.

reclinatum, Linn.). Lvs., calyx and fr. glabrous.—This species is the  

parent of the European gooseberries.

==Cultivation==

==Cultivation==

'''Location''': Gooseberries like morning sun, afternoon part-shade and buoyant air circulation. They are most productive in full sunlight but the leaves sunburn easily under California conditions. They can be grown in the high shade of fruit trees such as persimmon or on the north side of buildings. American gooseberry are much more sun tolerant. Plants collapse quickly when soil or air temperature exceeds 85° F.

'''Location''': Gooseberries like morning sun, afternoon part-shade and buoyant air circulation. They are most productive in full sunlight but the leaves sunburn easily under California conditions. They can be grown in the high shade of fruit trees such as persimmon or on the north side of buildings. American gooseberry are much more sun tolerant. Plants collapse quickly when soil or air temperature exceeds 85° F.

==References==

==References==

*[http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/gooseberry.html CRFG Gooseberry Fruit Facts]

*[http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/gooseberry.html CRFG Gooseberry Fruit Facts]

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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->

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