Humans cultivate gooseberries as insect habitats or directly for the sweet fruits. Numerous cultivars have been developed for both commercial and domestic use. Of special note are Ribes 'Careless', 'Greenfinch', 'Invicta', 'Leveller', and 'Whinham's Industry', to which the Royal Horticultural Society has awarded Garden Merit. [13]

Ribes uva-crispa, known as gooseberry or European gooseberry, [2] is an Old World species of flowering shrub in the currant family, Grossulariaceae. Gooseberry bushes produce an edible fruit, for which it has been cultivated.

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Jan 3, 2025 · The most common commercial fruits are the English gooseberries (Ribes uva-crispa), popularly called grossularia, which are native to the Old World and have long been cultivated. In Europe the large-fruited cultivated gooseberries became naturalized.

The genus Ribes includes the edible currants: blackcurrant, redcurrant, and white currant, as well as the European gooseberry, Ribes uva-crispa, and several hybrid varieties.

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'Hinnonmäki Röd' is noted for its high fruit yields. Insignificant flowers appear in April followed by large, red gooseberries that ripen in July. These gooseberries have a sweet flesh and contrasting tart skin.

European gooseberry is a spiny shrub native to Great Britain south and east to the Caucusus region. It produces clusters of just a few pinkish-yellow flowers and unusual, bristly fruits that look like small, furry grapes. Despite their hairy-bristly covering, the fruits are edible either when green or (more sweetly) when fully ripened and red-pink.

Ribes uva-crispa is a deciduous Shrub growing to 1.2 m (4ft) by 1 m (3ft 3in) at a medium rate. See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 5 and is not frost tender.

A native of the eastern United States, from Massachusetts to N. Carolina. Its solitary spines are small and inconspicuous; young wood and leaves downy, but not glandular or bristly; flowers greenish purple; receptacle and berry glabrous. The fruit is purple and of good flavour.