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| BLACK GOOSEBERRY (Ribes divaricatum) |
| A native found in forests, woodlands and coasts of the Pacific Northwest. Tasty blueberry-sized sweet fruit that turns purplish-black when ripe. Clusters of dangling small flowers visited by hummingbirds and butterflies. Wildlife graze on the berries. Coastal Black Gooseberry is a thorny shrub to 5 ft. at maturity. Grows in sun or partial shade. Disease resistant. Zone 4-8. |
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| RED GEORGE GOOSEBERRY (TM) (Ribes sp) |
| Reddish black fruit is very large and especially sweet when almost black. A productive and disease resistant thorny selection from Ukraine. Red George Gooseberry is also known as the variety "Grigory #2". |
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| JOSTABERRY (Black Currant x Gooseberry) |
| A complex cross of North American coastal gooseberry, European black currant, and European improved gooseberry varieties. Thornless spreading shrub producing dark fruits with a mild black currant flavor and firm gooseberry texture. Jostaberry fruit is larger than black currant, but smaller than most gooseberries; has papery blossom remnant on fruit just like gooseberry. Vigorous, productive and disease resistant. Early to leaf out and late to drop leaves that turn sunny yellow in fall, making it a great addition to a mixed hedgerow. Fruits favored by birds. Zone 3-8. |
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