By Thrupennybit
Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Can any one ID this for me please
- 17 Nov, 2020
Answers
Thank you Grandad gardens no there is no thorns on the stem.
17 Nov, 2020
Wondered abut a young hawthorn? Seedlings wouldn't have thorns yet.
17 Nov, 2020
I need to find out what gooseberries are.
17 Nov, 2020
Its the wrong time of year to send you any! They grow on spiny bushes and fruit around July. Most are green but there are red varieties and gold ones. Some are known as dessert gooseberries and some as cookers but if you leave the latter they do get sweet later but they do not keep well once picked.. They have a pronounced tangy flavour and are full of seeds, each one surrounded with lots of juicy flesh. You either love them or hate them. I love them except when its time to prune them as they are very thorny...
I don't think they grow in the States. I remember once saying many years ago that's why I would not want to live there!!
17 Nov, 2020
Hello everyone .
Is there anyone that can identify this acer for me ?
Thank per advance
17 Nov, 2020
Thank you Yorkslass
17 Nov, 2020
They are lovely imo Bathgate we make gooseberry pie or crumble or an up side cake with custard. If picked when bitter you add more sugar when cooking .
https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-samsung-gs-rev1&source=android-browser&q=goodeberries#imgrc=g8F46wcktdRI2M
17 Nov, 2020
I googled gooseberries and USA. Apparently American gooseberries are native to northeastern and north-central United States, and adjacent regions of Canada. Ribes hirtellum. They were once banned in the USA in the early 1900s when growers realised gooseberries were intermediary hosts for the white pine blister rust disease.
I wonโt ramble on..apologies. Read this on google.
17 Nov, 2020
Thank you Kate! I wonder if they are the same as British ones.
Paul - some pictures of various varieties here:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gooseberries&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=uEk8A83ByzqDsM%252Cus8jczWgHSmwNM%252C%252Fm%252F01748x&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kTNgr3BCxBgHjqec9D8mXE37Xg8NA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjr25jcxIrtAhWDZMAKHWI5Ba0Q_B16BAgfEAM#imgrc=uEk8A83ByzqDsM
17 Nov, 2020
Thanks for the information Kate. That explains a lot. I heard the same said for currants. I don't know what currants are either. I would like to try them. The crumble sounds really nice Rose
18 Nov, 2020
Thanks Dawn you sound like a good cook.
18 Nov, 2020
Apologies, I sounded a bit stern at the end, I meant I had read this on Google. ๐
18 Nov, 2020
I thought a young hawthorn too.
18 Nov, 2020
Could it be that chrysanthemum related weed that smells so lovely when the leaf is bruised? Sorry, can't remember the name.
18 Nov, 2020
They do look like Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) leaves.
18 Nov, 2020
Thank you all for your replies . I did nt find your reply stern Kate at all I to also read that once gooseberries were banned in the USA.
18 Nov, 2020
Lol Bathgate my mum taught me there were 7 of us she also lived through wwii with rationing her mother owned tea rooms and cafes sweet shop billard hall milk round in Wales London and Bristol it was tea rooms and cafe s also ran a hotel in Bristol so mum had to help out.
18 Nov, 2020
You dont see any black or red currents here in the shops Klahanie I think Ribena has them all lol so I managed to get two black current bushes 2 gooseberries bushs too from Aldi.
18 Nov, 2020
I hope it is a Hawthorn Seaburngirl I love the aroma of the blossom. Its niw been dug up and poted up as iys growing on yhe edge by the pathway by the back door.
18 Nov, 2020
Thank you Abuthnot for that suggestion I shall take a look.
18 Nov, 2020
Thank you also for your suggestion Tugbrethil I shall check that out.
18 Nov, 2020
Thank you, Thrup! โบ๏ธ
18 Nov, 2020
๐ your welcome Kate.
18 Nov, 2020
Hawthorn v. Feverfew : easy to tell the difference, just nibble a little bit of leaf. Feverfew is very strong and not very nice but cures migraine, hawthorn also has a decided taste, a bit astringent but not nearly unpleasant. (We used to eat it in Spring and call it bread and cheese - but nothing like it! ) A small nibble, and then spit it out if you are concerned that it might be neither... Also hawthorn leaves are smoother and stronger than Feverfew which is more pliable and softer.
21 Nov, 2020
Thank you Stertagram I think I ll pass on trying to eat it just in case as I am not well at present.
23 Nov, 2020
Sorry to hear that 3d. But you don't need to eat it - just nibble enough to get the flavour and spit it out.
23 Nov, 2020
Thank you Sterragram . I ll try when I am feeling better .
24 Nov, 2020
Looks like gooseberry leaves
Does the stem have any thorns?
17 Nov, 2020