Re: poor tasting gooseberries

Swamp Black Currant or Prickly Currant (Ribes lacustre), also called Swamp Gooseberry, Black Gooseberry.
These are said to taste nasty.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Dan Clost <dan.clost@gmail.com>
>Sent: May 24, 2018 3:32 PM
>To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: [GWL] poor tasting gooseberries
>
>I have a question for the home fruit growers: how do I change the taste of
>my gooseberries? They taste like the kitty's litter box smells.
>
>They share a space with raspberries, strawberries and blueberries, all of
>which taste the way one would expect them to taste.
>
>I mulch the garden with straw and amend with our own compost.
>
>The Pixwell plant is healthy, the bounty prolific, and the berries are
>almost perfect in appearance.
>
>We just can't eat the harvest.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>Dan
>The Good Earth Columnist
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