The gooseberry is a species of Ribes (which also includes the currants), native to Europe, northwestern Africa, west, south and southeast Asia. It is one of several similar species in the subgenus Grossularia. Although usually placed as a subgenus within Ribes, a few taxonomists treat Grossularia as a separate genus, although hybrids between gooseberry and blackcurrant (e.g., the jostaberry) are possible. Gooseberry bushes produce an edible fruit and are grown on both a commercial and domestic basis.The gooseberry is a straggling bush growing to 1–3 metres (3–10 feet) tall, 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.
Gooseberry
Gooseberry
Gooseberry
Gooseberry
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