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On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 23:55:45 +0100, Michael Berridge
wrote:


Tim wrote in message ...

According to Joanna Readman in her 'Fruity Stories'; a jostaberry
is a
cross between a blackcurrant and a gooseberry;

I know tha't right, it comes from German: Blackcurrant = JOhannesbeer
Gooseberry = STAchelbeer hence JOSTA.
Tim.

And they produce beautiful tasting fruits, tending towards blackcurrant
in taste, but of a size between blackcurrant and gooseberry. Cutting
will root easily, but they do grow quite large to get decent fruit. They
also do get eaten by the gooseberry sawfly larvae.

...and birds, dammit. I never heard th eterm in the UK, as I wasn't
interested in gardening then, but how do poeple pronounce the 'j' in
jostaberry, as a 'J' or as a 'Y' ? It should be like "yostaberry". I
suppose.
Tim.