Spinefree gooseberry

Spinefree gooseberry
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Name synonyms: Spinefree
  • Growth type: medium-sized
  • Description of the bush: sprawling, spherical crown, wide
  • Escapes: arcuate curved
  • Sheet: large, green
  • Berry size: medium and large
  • Berry weight, g: 4,5
  • Berry color: dark red, with green veins all over
  • Taste: sweet, dessert
  • Appointment: fresh use, for juice and wine, for making preserves, jams, marmalades
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Spinefree is a gooseberry variety very well known to horticultural professionals. The plant has many advantages over other similar species. But in order to get a decent harvest from it, it is necessary to carry out competent care.

Breeding history

Spinefree gooseberry (synonym and original name - Spinefree) has been known for a long time. The variety was obtained in Canada by breeders in the distant 1935. Scientists took the weak-thorn gooseberry as a basis and crossed it with the English Victoria. In the next generation of selection, when a thornless form of culture appeared, work was carried out to cross it with the Canadian Melby gooseberry variety. The result was a completely studless Spinefree.

Description of the variety

The thornless variety of shrub of the considered variety has a spreading, rounded crown. The maximum plant height is 120 centimeters. The shoots are arched, they are large. The foliage is colored bright green.

The Canadian gooseberry has many benefits:

  • delicious fruits;
  • lack of thorns;
  • good frost resistance (tolerates temperatures up to -35 degrees);
  • stable fruiting;
  • increased resistance to many diseases and attacks of insect pests;
  • good transportability.

There are also disadvantages:

  • picky about lighting;
  • annual pruning is needed.

Characteristics of berries

Spinefree gooseberries turn from green at the ripening stage into spectacular dark red berries at full ripeness. The bush looks very decorative. In shape, these are round, slightly oblong berries, and in size they are medium and large, weighing from 4 to 6 grams.

Taste qualities

Spinefree gooseberry is dessert-like in taste and has a pronounced sweetness. Most often it is consumed fresh, but it can also be used for making juice or wine, as well as cooking preserves, marmalades, jam.

Ripening and fruiting

The gooseberry variety from Canada ripens in our country in July. Therefore, it can be attributed to crops with an average ripening period.

Yield

Differs in a rather high yield, namely: up to 4-6 kg of berries from each bush.

Landing

The culture is undemanding in relation to the soil. It can grow well both on clay, loamy, sandy loam and sandy soil. An exception is sour, swampy, cold soil.

Shrubs can be planted both in autumn and spring. This is the end of September or the end of March, respectively. As for the middle zone of the Russian Federation, it is better to plant here in the fall. In this case, the bushes take root well.

Landing is carried out according to the standard scenario. Dig holes 60 cm deep and half a meter wide. Between two bushes, it is necessary to maintain from a meter to one and a half, and in the aisles this figure will be more - 1.5-2 m.

The necessary feeding should be laid in all pits:

  • 50 g of lime;
  • 300 g of ash;
  • 150 g superphosphate;
  • 10 kg of manure.

When planting a seedling, the tops of the branches should be cut off, leaving 5 buds each. Next, it remains to install the bush in the hole, cover it with earth and tamp it. Then you can water and cover with mulch.

Planting shrubs in different seasons has its own pros and cons.In order for a gooseberry to start, you need to know some aspects of planting it. First of all, you need to choose the right planting material, then decide on the landing site and competently prepare the planting pit.

Growing and care

Agrotechnical measures include watering, loosening, mulching, pruning, preventive treatment against insect pests and infections, feeding. In the absence of care, the Canadian Spinefree shrub will grow and bear fruit poorly, it may even die.

Shrub irrigation is carried out as the soil dries out. Usually this is a one-time watering once a week and a half. At the stage of berry ripening, the culture will especially need moisture, so watering is increased.

Do not fertilize gooseberries during the first three years after planting, after which they set up a schedule of annual feeding according to the usual scheme.

In order to rejuvenate the gooseberry bush, give it a neat look, optimize yield and protect it from pests, it must be periodically pruned. There are several types of pruning: anti-aging, sanitary and shaping. Each of them differs in seasonality and frequency.
For feeding gooseberries, both mineral and complex mixtures are well suited. Pure organic, including homemade, can also be recommended.
Although gooseberries are considered to be an unpretentious crop, they also require regular maintenance. Compliance with agrotechnical practices in the autumn-winter period guarantees the duration of fruiting and high yields for the next year, therefore, preparing the gooseberry for winter is an important event.

Disease and pest resistance

Spinefree gooseberry is resistant to attacks of harmful insects, fungal diseases, as well as American powdery mildew.

In order for the gooseberry to produce a good harvest, it is necessary to devote time to disease prevention.

Resistance to adverse climatic conditions

Winter hardiness and drought resistance are high.

One of the positive qualities of a gooseberry is its ease of reproduction. There are a number of methods for creating new bushes from old ones. Planting material is obtained by cuttings, layering and dividing the bush.
Main characteristics
Name synonyms
Spinefree
Appointment
fresh use, for juice and wine, for cooking preserves, jams, marmalades
Yield
high
Bush
Growth type
medium-sized
Description of the bush
sprawling, spherical crown, wide
Bush height, cm
120
The presence of thorns
thornless
Escapes
arcuate curved
Sheet
large, green
Berries
Berry size
medium and large
Berry weight, g
4,5
Berry color
dark red, with green veins all over
Pulp
dense
Taste
sweet, dessert
Growing
Winter hardiness
high
Drought tolerance
high
Soil requirement
not picky, grows well on clay, loamy, sandy loam and sandy soils, but does not tolerate acidic, swampy and cold soils
Moisture requirement
moderate watering
Location
Sun
Disease and pest resistance
steady
Resistant to American powdery mildew
steady
Resistance to fungal diseases
steady
Maturation
Ripening terms
average ripening
Fruiting period
July
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