On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:40:50 +0100, Jaques & I wrote:
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),,,

Good. Let's hope Worcesterberries will do as well.

Have you been growing these for long ? **
I hate to dampen expectations but,,,
If they are the same thing that were 'about' about 25y ago, which some
thought were a cross between a gooseberry and a black current, then
dont waste your time ! ) lol !
Or maybe I just didn't mollycoddle them well enough, but I grubbed
mine out and continued with just black currants and gooseberries.
Even black currants are a bit of a waste of time (runs for cover !)
for winemaking unless mixed with blackberries and elderberries
in a ratio of about 1 bc : 5 blackberry :2 eb. by weight.
Even my francofile father-in-law (who thought amateur wine making was
a waste of time) asked for second helpings of that one

Dunno, but: Want, want, want!

let me know know know if thou findest

** just re-read the thread before posting and I see that they are
quite new to you, having come from another urgler,
so, I wonder which other urgler I am now in botther with for
suggesting that they are a waste of time :-?))
Mind you, they may be a better breed, 25y on ,,,