Black Velvet Gooseberry
Black Velvet Gooseberry
If you’d like to be able to just walk out to the garden to pick your dessert fresh off the plant, the Black Velvet gooseberry is a good choice. The berries ripen to a rich, dark red, and the plants produce high yields once they’re established. Use them in fruit salad, as ice cream topping, in pies and preserves.
Characteristics:
- Mildew-resistant
- Mature height: 3 to 5 feet
- Mature width: 3 to 5 feet
- Hardiness Zones: 3 to 7
- Chill Hours: 1,000 (minimum)
- Sunlight: Partial to full
- Harvest time: June to July
- Bearing Age: Two to three years after planting
- Good for preserves, pies, fresh eating
- Cold-hardy to -40 degrees F
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