Gooseberry is a truly miraculous plant, which nature gave to man. Not everyone knows that gooseberries are also a valuable dietary product.
The content of vitamin C in gooseberries is not much less than that of currants. Berries help cleanse the body from slagging. Enriching our body with vitamins and improving digestion is also a merit of gooseberries. Dark varieties help cleanse and strengthen blood vessels. Normalization of blood pressure also depends on the use of gooseberries. There is even such an opinion that gooseberries contribute to the extension of youth.
Gooseberries are useful in all respects; varieties are striking in their variety. The color, shape, size of the berries can be anything, but this does not affect their beneficial properties.
Gooseberries, whose varieties are very different from each other, in the cultivation
can be very moody, although some may think that it grows by itself. This is a profound error.
Each gooseberry variety needs an individual approach. As you know, gooseberries, the varieties of seedlings of which you need to choose very carefully, in fact, are not tall, such as currants. Young bushes reach only twenty-five to thirty centimeters in height. Subsequently, the sizes vary depending on the variety.
Very large is a bush of the variety Seedling Lefora. This variety belongs to the middle ripening varieties, very productive and winter-hardy. Berries of this variety have a refreshing delicate aroma.
The White Nights variety belongs to the early ripening dates. The berries are large in size, with a yellowish tinge and very sweet.
Grushenka - a variety that is almost not damaged by frost, is resistant to powdery mildew. Its productivity can reach six kilograms from one bush. The berries are pear-shaped and taste good.
The Krasnoslavyansky variety has not very tall bushes and their sparseness is rather weak. Berries have a thin delicate skin. They taste sweet with a slight acidity and are very attractive.
Variety Malachite is vigorous, dense and sprawling. The berries are large, reaching a weight of six grams. The main advantage is its high resistance to powdery mildew.
Russian yellow is a gooseberry variety that holds berries on its branches for a long time. The pulp is very tender, transparent and tasty.
Gooseberries, the varieties of which are listed above, can be recommended for cultivation in all areas with different climatic conditions.
Spiked gooseberry varieties have become very popular. The main advantage of these varieties is the good tolerance of harsh winters. Even late spring frosts do not affect their productivity. The leaves and berries of gooseberries, which do not have thorns, maintain a clean, smooth and spotless surface until autumn. Chemicals do not need to handle such bushes, so berries can be consumed without fear.
A bright representative of the variety without thorns is the Siberian grape. The berries are very juicy and really have something in common with grapes. And most importantly - it is very easy to remove the berries from the branches, without fear of the ubiquitous thorns.
Of particular interest is the Borill variety. Berries of a transparent light green color with translucent seeds and a mass of up to eight grams.
A tempting variety without thorns Black blob. Berries reach a weight of ten grams, very sweet and dark in appearance.
Berries of the Commander variety are characterized by juicy raspberry-sweet flesh of dark red color and early ripening.
The best varieties of gooseberries are used for making compotes, wines, tinctures, preserves. These are varieties such as White Triumph, Date, English Yellow, Avenarius, Warsaw, Mysovsky 37.
All these varieties have almost the same properties: high productivity, resistance to powdery mildew, frost resistance. The berries of these varieties are large, juicy, very sweet.
It makes no sense to list all the advantages of gooseberry berries. There are a great many of them. You can only give one useful advice: you must definitely eat gooseberries fresh and in large quantities. And a positive effect on the body will immediately make itself felt.