Description of varieties of yellow gooseberries
Yellow gooseberry prickly. The bushes are elegant during fruiting, and the fruits look delicious. Honey-colored berries are juicy and tasty.
Description of yellow gooseberry
When growing this bush, preference should be given to high-yielding varieties. These include “Russian Yellow”. It is adapted to the climatic conditions of the Urals and Siberia, but also bears fruit well in the southern regions. The bushes survive frosts down to -28˚С.
Yellow gooseberry fruits ripen by the end of July
Description of the variety:
- The bushes are medium-sized, up to 1,2 m in height. The crown is spreading, little leafy. There are sharp thorns at the bottom of the gooseberry. Young shoots are thick, light green in color, old branches become brown.
- Fruits are oval, weighing up to 6 g, golden hue, with a waxy sheen. The pulp is juicy, sweet and sour. There are few seeds, but many veins.
Gooseberries need a garter or support, as the branches are spreading.
Russian Yellow is an early variety. It is resistant to powdery mildew, but is susceptible to other diseases. High-yielding variety. More than 4 kg of berries can be harvested from one bush, they are distinguished by good transportability. After ripening, the fruits can stay on the bush for a long time, they do not crumble.
There are such popular varieties with yellow fruits:
- “Altaic”. The berries are very large, weighing up to 8 g. This variety has a lot of advantages: frost resistance, low spreading of the bush, low prickly, sweet taste of fruits and high yield.
- “Honey”. The berries are sweet, with a honey flavor. The skin is thin, golden in color. Fruits are small, weighing up to 4 g. The variety has medium disease resistance and low fruit transportability.
- “Amber”. Berries are oval, weighing up to 5 g. Early variety, high-yielding. Spreading branches, very prickly.
- “Spring”. One of the few varieties with a compact crown. The berries are sweet with a slight sourness, weighing up to 4 g. The variety is very early, the fruits must be picked on time, otherwise they will become tasteless.
- English yellow. Bushes are tall, but slightly spreading. Shoots are straight, there are thorns along the entire length. Ripe berries are bright yellow, weighing up to 4 g. Fruits are pubescent, yellow flesh, sweet. With high humidity, the berries may crack.
The productivity of the bushes depends on proper care.
Yellow gooseberries can be eaten fresh, their skin is not very dense. They can be used to make jam, preserves, jellies and even make wine.