On May 21, 9:05 am, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
In article ,"Joe Higman" writes:
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| Does anyone know how to grow these? They are said to be a cross between
| gooseberries and blackcurrants but which parent do they favour? Should I

You get blackcurrants on steroids the size of small gooseberries.
Birds love them.
AFAICT they don't succumb to American gooseberry mildew.

| prune them as a bush, like a gooseberry, or to produce suckers (sorry if
| this is the wrong word) like a blackcurrant.

Eh? My blackcurrents and Jostaberries don't sucker much! You can cut
them back fairly hard, but that's not the same.

I grow them but, the few berries we have got, have been uninspiring.

I guess they don't like your soil then. Ours have always grown
vigorously on a heavy clay soil with lots of fruit. The big problem is
in beating the birds to eating them. Much less topping & tailing
needed than blackcurrants. I guess I could net them and get more of
the crop. Hens are very funny underneath jumping up to get at the
fruits.

Regards,
Martin Brown