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Gooseberry growing was popular in 19th-century Britain. The 1879 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica described gooseberries thus: [11]. The gooseberry is indigenous to many parts of Europe and western Asia, growing naturally in alpine thickets and rocky woods in the lower country, from France eastward, well into the Himalayas and peninsular India.
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.
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 ...
[3] [6] Cultivated gooseberries are derived from this species and from Ribes uva-crispa. [ 3 ] [ 7 ] Ribes hirtellum is known by several other names, including American gooseberry , [ 8 ] hairy-stem gooseberry , [ 8 ] hairy gooseberry , [ 8 ] low wild gooseberry [ 4 ] northern gooseberry [ 4 ] , smooth gooseberry [ 4 ] , and wedge-leaf gooseberry .
Ribes californicum is a mostly erect shrub growing to a maximum height around 1.4 metres (4 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft). Nodes along the stem each bear three spines up to 1.5 centimetres (5 ⁄ 8 in) in length. The hairy to hairless leaves are 1–3 cm (3 ⁄ 8 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 in) long and divided into 3–5 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 8 –2 in) oblong, toothed lobes. [4]
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.
ideal candidates for growing from seed. Planting a peach tree from seed is free and young saplings grow quickly, making a great project for beginning gardeners. Proper planting technique is ...
The tree is small to medium in size, reaching 1–8 metres (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 –26 feet) in height. The bark is mottled. The branchlets are finely pubescent (not glabrous), 10–20 centimetres (4–8 inches) long, usually deciduous.