Where do gooseberries grow?

Gooseberries are the edible fruit produced from gooseberry bushes. These berries are derived mostly from two species: the European gooseberry and the American gooseberry. Gooseberry bushes are 3 to 4 feet (1m to 1.3m) high. They are spiny and produce greenish to greenish pink flowers in clusters of two or three. The oval berries are white, red, yellow, or green with a prickly, hairy, or smooth surface.

They are not to be confused with other fruits of the name "gooseberry" that don't fall under the horticultural classification of true berries, including cape gooseberries and Chinese gooseberries (also known as kiwi).

Gooseberries are extremely low in calories and fat, but high in nutrients like copper, manganese, potassium, and vitamins C, B5, and B6. They are also rich in dietary fiber and antioxidants.

These fruits come in a variety of colors including yellow, green, red, purple, and even black. The darker the color, the sweeter the berry. They're similar in size and flavor to grapes with a translucent skin, and a juicy interior filled with many small seeds at the center.

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Tal Segal

Gooseberries were once banned in the U.S. because they contributed to a tree-killing disease called "white pine blister rust" that was decimating these trees. It had a huge impact on white pine lumber-reliant economies like Maine.

Shirley Campbell

My Grandmother had gooseberry bushes in her orchard. She used to make the best gooseberry dumplings.

Christy Flanders

Shirley Campbell, Oh, that sounds so good! My Grandmother had one huge old gooseberry & she made gooseberry/rhubarb pie. It was delicious. When we were children we would pick them green & eat them. As you probably know, they are really sour at that stage but we loved to eat them that way. Oh, great childhood memories.

coralnavon

I can remember gooseberries growing in our garden in the UK. I didn't really like them, but I certainly remember my mother making gooseberry crumble!

Irene Townsend

Irene Townsend, Then look up gooseberries and you'll see the difference

Irene Townsend

Wyla Reedy, Gooseberry and Kiwi Fruit are nothing like each other. You would probably get an idea if you could look up Kiwi Fruit on your computer, but don't just put Kiwi, otherwise you will get the Kiwi Bird, put Kiwi Fruit.

Karin Johansson

Wyla Reedy, No they are smaller and have a special but great taste. I like both the green and the red ones. We have both at the cottage.

Karin Johansson

Just become Master of Rhetoric. Great because i have actually studied it.

Albeck1994

Wyla Reedy, nothing like Kiwi

Albeck1994

Geetha Anand, not looking at my gooseberry bushes they don't

earlepg

Lilly Beharry, The pictured plant and berry looked the same as others I've seen in the past. For years I've wanted to try some, but have never had the opportunity.

earlepg

Tal Segal, Right, the ban was truly needed. The federal ban in the U.S. became effective in 1911 and was lifted in 1966 because a disease-resistant variety was developed. However, not all states have lifted the ban.