Gooseberry

White gooseberry ’Invicta’ (Ribes uva-crispa ’Invicta’)

General description: fast-growing, frost-resistant cultivar with a broad habitat. It grows to about 90-120 cm high.

Flowering: blooms in April,

Flowers: buds of average size, slightly protruding from the shoots.

Fruit: the fruits are large, oval and have a yellow-green colour. The variety yields very abundantly. Gooseberry  bears fruit from mid-July.

Requirements / Cultivation:   a sunny position, cultivation is also possible in the shade. The best soils are fertile, rich in humus. Frost-resistant variety.

Red Gooseberry ’Hinnonmaki rot’ (Ribesuva-crisa ’Hinnonmaki rot’)

General description: very fertile variety, very easy to grow, shrub reaches from 1 to 1.5 meters high, plant resistant to frost and disease,

Fruit: medium-sized, tasty and sweet and sour, suitable for eating straight from the bush as well as for preserves,

Maturation: early - in the first half of July

Requirements / Cultivation:  plant in a sunny place, in fertile soil rich in humus, yields best fruit on short shoots.