Description
Jeanne is a red gooseberry out of a USDA breeding program, released for its fruit quality and its clean foliage. It ripens late for the crop, roughly a week behind the earliest bushes, which puts fresh gooseberries on the table after the first flush is finished.
The berries are deep red and sweet, larger than most of the American types, and they work either fresh off the bush or cooked down into jam. The plant is moderately vigorous and somewhat spreading, around 5 ft each way, and it carries single thorns here and there rather than a full armament.
Overview
- Late-ripening red gooseberry bred by the USDA and released for fruit quality.
- Deep red, sweet berries, good fresh and good cooked.
- Sporadic thorns rather than a full armament, so picking is manageable.
- Somewhat spreading bush to about 5 ft; self-fertile.
Growing Details
Latin Name: Ribes ‘Jeanne’
Site and Soil: Full sun to part shade; rich, well drained soil, pH 6.0 to 7.0
Hardiness: Hardy to USDA Zone 3
Rootstock: Grown from cuttings
Bearing Age: Light crop the first year; full crops by year 3 or 4
Size at Maturity: Somewhat spreading bush, about 5 ft tall and wide
Ripening Time: Late season for a gooseberry; July
Pollination: Self-fertile; a single bush sets a full crop
Pests & Diseases: Resistant to powdery mildew; currant worm strips leaves from the inside out
Additional Notes
- Grower’s Insight: Because it ripens last, a single Jeanne bush stretches the gooseberry picking by a week or more at the end of the season.
- Regional Insight: Gooseberries perform best where summers stay cool to moderate, from the Upper Midwest and New England to the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain states.
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