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Green gooseberries Red berries of Ribes uva-crispa. Gooseberry (/ ˈ ɡ uː s b ɛ r i / GOOSS-berr-ee or / ˈ ɡ uː z b ɛ r i / GOOZ-berr-ee (American and northern British) or / ˈ ɡ ʊ z b ər i / GUUZ-bər-ee (southern British)) [1] is a common name for many species of Ribes (which also includes currants), as well as a large number of plants of similar appearance, and also several ...
The gooseberry is a straggling bush growing to 1.5 metres (5 feet) in height and width, [8] the branches being thickly set with sharp spines, standing out singly or in diverging tufts of two or three from the bases of the short spurs or lateral leaf shoots. The bell-shaped flowers are produced, singly or in pairs, from the groups of rounded ...
Dovyalis hebecarpa, with common names Ceylon gooseberry, [2] ketembilla, [2] and kitambilla, [2] is a plant in the genus Dovyalis, native to Sri Lanka and southern India. The fruit are often eaten fresh, or made into jam. Some cultivars have been selected for being thornless (making harvesting easier) and for larger fruit.
The plant is readily grown from seeds, which are abundant (100 to 300 in each fruit), but with low germination rates, requiring thousands of seeds to sow a hectare. [2] Plants grown from year-old stem cuttings will flower early and yield well, but are less vigorous than those grown from seed.
Ribes (/ ˈ r aɪ b iː z /) [5] is a genus of about 200 known species of flowering plants, most of them native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. [2] The species may be known as various kinds of currants, such as redcurrants, blackcurrants, and whitecurrants, or as gooseberries, and some are cultivated for their edible fruit or as ornamental plants.
Physalis plants grow in most soil types and do very well in poor soils and in pots. They require moisture until fruiting. Plants are susceptible to many of the common tomato diseases and pests, and other pests such as aphids, whiteflies, spider mites, and the false potato beetle (Leptinotarsa juncta) also attack them. Propagation is by seed.
Sapling. Phyllanthus acidus is an intermediary between a shrub and tree, reaching 2 to 9 m (6½ to 30 ft) high. [2] The tree's dense and bushy crown is composed of thickish, tough main branches, at the end of which are clusters of deciduous, greenish, 15-to-30-cm long branchlets.
Partially shelled popcorn seed saved for planting. In agriculture and gardening, seed saving (sometimes known as brown bagging) [1] is the practice of saving seeds or other reproductive material (e.g. tubers, scions, cuttings) from vegetables, grain, herbs, and flowers for use from year to year for annuals and nuts, tree fruits, and berries for perennials and trees. [2]