"Jim Jackson" wrote in message
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Roger wrote:
My gooseberry bushes have cropped well. However they have been stripped
bare
of foliage probably through caterpillars. Are the bushes likely to
recover
or is it time to think about replacing them?

Interestingly, the older a gooseberry bush gets, the less attractive
it is to the sawfly. So look forward to the problem diminishing.


???

Ours must be twenty years od!!!

Mary