On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:27:01 +0100, "Brian" wrote:

Gooseberries are never grafted as they strike so well from cuttings.
Best Wishes Brian.

They do strike well from cuttings, I agree.

But just for interest , Duncan Gillespie in "The Winemakers Garden"
c.1971
Says, of the"hairy grape" or "green grozzet", :-

" Keen gardeners may try to grow their own goosberry standards from
good strong goosberry cuttings",,,
( I agree, I have done it),,,
"commercial goosberry standards are budded on a rootstock of Golden
Current (ribes aurium ), sometimes known as Buffalo Current"
etc etc more quote if anyone wants ,

So whatis ribes aurium ( his capitalisation, or lack of) and wheredoes
one get it from ?