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Worcesterberry
€10.00

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Worcesterberry
Looks like a gooseberry, but is in fact, a species of currant, Ribes divaricatum, from the western United States. Worcesterberries are big, vigorous, upright and very thorny – makes a good stock-proof hedge, but not one for the smaller garden, where it’s more manageable grown as a cordon. Reliable, heavy cropper, with small, smooth-skinned, purplish-red berries, almost black when fully ripe, looking like large blackcurrants but tasting more like a gooseberry. The berries are tart, slightly sweeter than gooseberries, and make a very good jam – pick when completely ripe. Immune to American gooseberry mildew and blackcurrant big bud mite, so useful where these have been a problem.
Site: Tolerates some exposureSoil: Any well-drainedPosition: Full sunPick: Early JulyKeep: Freezes well Hardiness: HardyPollination: Self-fertileUses: Cooking and preservingHeight: 6’+ (2m) Spread 6’+ (2m)
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