American Gooseberry (Ribes hirtellum)

**Durgan** · 05-29-2009, 10:32 AM

American Gooseberry
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?GooseberryA 29 May 2009 American Gooseberry (Ribes hirtellum)
Taste is sweet, and no difficulty eating raw, and probably comparable to many types of table grapes. The fruit matures in late August.

**Janbee** · 05-29-2009, 09:58 PM

I have got this one trying to grow anywhere is can they are run aways from the neighbor. The have crossed the fence and are making there way north. I have never really liked gooseberry pie so I hope they will make there escape to my neighbor to the north.

**NewLeaf** · 05-30-2009, 07:48 PM

My grandmother used to have one in her yard. I would sit by the bush and just eat them until I popped.

**frugalfranny** · 06-04-2009, 03:50 PM

Can anyone tell me more about transplanting a bush?

My cousin is supposed to be saving me a bush and I will be bringing it home probably in Aug.......which could be our heat time. Should I leave it in the pot until we cool off?......transplant it right away? what do you advise?

Not sure what kind/the name of it is. I hated them for years. Always liked gooseberry pie; but I had to not only pick the things off the thorny bushes

but then de-stem them as a kid, so it took me awhile to adjust my thinking that maybe they weren't all that bad. (we had four bushes and my mother would inspect to see if I got them "clean'.....HATED THAT JOB!)

**Durgan** · 06-04-2009, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by frugalfranny

Can anyone tell me more about transplanting a bush?

My cousin is supposed to be saving me a bush and I will be bringing it home probably in Aug.......which could be our heat time. Should I leave it in the pot until we cool off?......transplant it right away? what do you advise?

Not sure what kind/the name of it is. I hated them for years. Always liked gooseberry pie; but I had to not only pick the things off the thorny bushes

but then de-stem them as a kid, so it took me awhile to adjust my thinking that maybe they weren't all that bad. (we had four bushes and my mother would inspect to see if I got them "clean'.....HATED THAT JOB!)

In August 2008 a branch was taken off one of my Gooseberry bushes, and placed in a gallon pot and kept wet. I buried this pot in the ground to overwinter and this spring 2009 about April 15 the bush was sprouting leaves. I gave it to my neighbor, and she simply removed the plant from the pot and placed in her garden.

I have also observed that a branch that bends to the ground and enters the soil, that it will take root at that point.