Invicta ® Gooseberry Back To List Gooseberry Description: Invicta is one of the most popular varieties in the world. Produces a heavy crop of large, pale green, smooth skinned berries. Delicious sweet flavour, excellent for cooking into jams or freezing; keeps its shape. It's very prickly, growth is vigorous and spreading. Known for it's very high yeilds and resistance to mildew. History: Bred in Kent around 1967. Recieved an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Gooseberry Growing Tips: A very easy fruit to grow. Thrive in many different types of soil, avoiding water logged areas. They are happiest planted in a sunny spot either training against a wall or in containers to take up less space in small gardens. If you would like to eat/cook the berries then make sure you protect them from the birds! Attributes Uses: Cooking Uses: Eating Picking month: July Self-fertility: Self-fertile Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydCo. AntrimCo. DownCo. WestmeathConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDublinDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Rokula ® (Red) Gooseberry Early, dark red dessert with excellent flavour, mildew resistant. Moderate vigour. Can be eaten fresh or cooked. Full Details Xenia (Red) Gooseberry A pink fruiting variety, almost spineless and tolerant to mildew. An improvement for the variety Pax. Full Details Captivator (Red) Gooseberry An ideal replacement for Pax, large red fruit, good quality, few thorns and more mildew resistant. Full Details Hinnomaki Red Gooseberry With its yellow sister this variety is excellent for organic growing with high mildew resistance. Full Details
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