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Bass
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One of my hobbies is photography, I enjoy taking fruit pictures as much as I enjoy eating them. |
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eboone
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That is a beautiful photo of a gooseberry, Bass. What variety is it? |
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Bass
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This is a gooseberry var. Tixia, |
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DesertDance
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Nice photo Bass! Interesting that the California Rare Fruit Growers used it on their cover! I'm a native Californian and I've never seen this fruit grow here. Maybe in Northern California or higher altitudes? Does it need a lot of chill hours? You are in PA, so I'm betting we're a little too warm for it to grow here. It probably likes lots of snow. |
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cis4elk
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Bass, how do you use your gooseberries? |
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Bass
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Gooseberry need to get enough chill hours to fruit. They also don't like the heat. I always grow mine on the north side of the house, where sun is limited. They fruit well here in Pa. I know they are restricted in some states. They used to be illegal to grow in pennsylvania a while back as well as other states, but they found they didn't cause a threat like they thought and now it's allowed to grow, but they're not as popular anymore. |
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don_sanders
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Congrats on getting your photo published. I planted a few gooseberry bushes (Tixia, Invicta, Hinnomaki Red) this year too. Just small bare root whips. Hoping I can at least taste a few next year. One of Emeril's restaurants in Florida had made a nice sauce out of some yellow gooseberries that I really enjoyed last year. |
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eboone
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I had 3 Hinnomaki Red bushes for a lot of years, and gooseberry pie was just incredibly good. Crisp was great also. I would get enough from those small bushes to make about 2 large desserts yearly. Thinking about that makes me want to replant some. |
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BrightGreenNurse
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Beautiful pic Bass! If you ever find a recipe for a gooseberry custard tart, you should give it a try. It was my favorite dessert when my husband and I lived in Berlin. Not too sweet, great flavor from tender green gooseberries, and in a buttery crust. It was really wonderful...gooseberries are on my list to grow someday. |
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lisascenic
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That magazine is on my bedside table. The photo looks like a painting. |
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Bass
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Thanks, |
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