Gooseberries

Just have a small amount of space left in my tiny garden,and thought nice dessert gooseberries...Can any one help me locate
Langleys Industryis a red, and Golden Drop a yellow, tried local garden cente who boasts can order...and get anything... still waiting.. had a real fancy for these varieties after reading up on the Internet.

 

try ebay. i ve bought a lot of seeds from there, and some plants

 

Hi, Can't find either- you don't mean WHINHAMS industry do you, this is a well recommended red, but does suffer from mildew:
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Databases/HortDatabase.asp?ID=201253
Where did you find your info.?
This was the best list of varieties I could find for online sales [been looking for some myself, and wanted the new Finnish varieties 'Hinnonmaki' red and gold as they are supposed to be mildew resistant.
http://www.rvroger.co.uk/Retail/FruitWeb/OpenGroundFruit/SoftFruitWeb/gooseberries.htm

Good luck!

 

I don't think the table below will post correct, I have copied and pasted it out of an excel file

DEFRA does have the golden drop listed but not the other one, so I think Liz might be correct on the Winhams industry


Accession Name Row No Bush No Group
Achilles 8 9 Red
Ajax 6 1 Red
Alma 8 10 White
Beauty 1 4 Red
Bedford Yellow 8 12 Yellow
Beech Tree Nestling 13 1 Red
Black Seedling 13 2 Red
Blucher 5 5 Red
Bobby Green 1 2 Green
Captivator 12 1 Red
Careless (Kent) 3 4 White
Careless (Veitch) 6 3 White
Careless VT 13 10 Yellow
Careless 292 3 1 White
Careless 490 3 2 White
Careless 3024L 5 8 Red
Careless 3024Y 5 9 Red
Careless 3041 5 10 Red
Catherina 6 10 Yellow
Champagne Red 13 3 Red
Champion 9 1 Yellow
Coiner 9 2 Yellow
Colossal 1 3 Green
Cook's Eagle 6 8 Green
Cousen's Seedling 11 5 Yellow
Dr Wooley 6 2 Red
Drill 6 9 Green
Early Green Hairy 12 2 Green
Early Sulphur 12 19 Yellow
Emerald 11 8 Green
Faithful 5 2 Green
False (received as Sulphur) 12 20
Fascination 9 3 White
Flixtonia 4 3 Red
Forester 7 5 Red
Forever Amber 9 4 Yellow
Freedom 3 5 White
Gautrey's Earliest 7 7 Red
Gelbe Triumphbeere 7 8 Yellow
Gem 12 21 Yellow
Gipsy Queen 7 9 Green
Glencarse Muscat 12 3 Green
Glenton Green 12 4 Green
Globe Yellow 12 22 Yellow
Golden Drop 12 23 Yellow
Golden Lion 12 24 Yellow
Green Gem 11 10 Green
Green Hairy 12 6 Green
Green Ocean 4 9 White
Green Overall 5 3 Green
Green Walnut 12 7 Green
Gretna Green 9 5 Green
Grune Kugel 9 6 Green
Guido 5 6 Red
Gunner 7 10 Green
Guy's Seedling 12 25 Yellow
Heart of Oak 7 11 Green
Hebburn Prolific 12 9 Green
Hedgehog 12 5 Green
Hellgrune Samtbeere 9 7 Green
Hero of the Nile 3 7 White
High Sheriff 7 1 Yellow
Honings Fruheste 9 8 Yellow
Hue-and-Cry 9 9 Green
Improved Mistake 1 7 Red
Ingall's Prolific Red 7 2 Red
Invicta (B995/2) 5 1 Green
Jolly Anglers 4 1 Green
Jubilee Careless 3 3 White
Keen's Seedling 6 11 Red
Keepsake 2 1 Green
King of Trumps 2 2 Green
Krasnaja Zdrja 10 13
Lady Haughton 9 10 Yellow
Lady Leicester 6 4 White
Lancashire Lad 7 6 Red
Lancer 4 2 Green
Landstrom 13 4 Green
Langley Gage 12 10 Green
Langley Green 12 18 Green
Lauffener Gelbe 9 11 Yellow
Laxton's Amber 12 26 Yellow
Leveller (Rogers) 13 11 Yellow
Leveller (Sanders) 10 2 Yellow
Lily of the Valley 9 12 Yellow
London 10 4 Red
London City 10 5 Green
Lord Audley 4 4 Red
Lord Derby 2 8 Red
Lord Elco (LA) 3 6 White
Lord Elco (Scotland) 4 5 White
Marmorierte Goldkugel 12 11 Green
Martlet 11 13
May Duke 7 3 Red
Mertensis 10 6 Green
Montgomery 10 7 White
Muttons 7 4
Nailer 3 8 White
Napoleon le Grand 10 8 Red
Pilot 8 1 Green
Pitmaston Green Gage 12 12 Green
Pixwell 13 8 Red
Plain Long Green 12 13 Green
Preston Seedling 12 16 Green
Prince Regent 10 9 Red
Profit 10 10 Green
Railway 8 6 Yellow
Red Orleans 10 11 Red
Resistenta 12 14 Green
Riese von Kothen 5 4 Green
Rifleman 13 5 Red
Robustenda 12 17 Green
Rosebery 12 15 Green
Rushwick Seedling 2 3 Green
Scotch Red Rough 13 6 Red
Scottish Chieftan 11 6 Yellow
Sensation 10 12 Green
Shiner 6 5 Green
Skania 13 13 Red
Slap Bang 8 2 Green
Smaragdbeere 11 1 Green
Snowdrop 11 2 White
Speedwell 4 7 Green
Spinefree 13 9 Red
Stockwell 10 1 Green
Surprise 2 5 Green
Talfourd 2 7 Red
Telegraph 2 6 Green
Thatcher 8 3 Green
Thumper 6 6 Green
Tom Joiner 8 7 Green
Trumpeter 11 3 Yellow
Victoria 11 4 Red
Warrington 6 12 Red
Weisse Neckartal 8 8 Yellow
Weisse Volltragende 6 7 White
Whinham's Industry 5 7 Red
White Eagle 4 8 White
White Lion 4 10 White
White Transparent 11 12
Whitesmith 3 9 White
Worcesterberry 13 7 Red

[ 17. November 2005, 06:58 PM: Message edited by: SteveW ]

 

Winhams available at Chris Bowers
http://www.chrisbowers.co.uk/currants.asp

there are Langley varieties but not industry...seems to be a mix up of the 2

and I can't find anyone selling golden drop, But I have seen it on a page describing a victorian garden so it may be a very old variety thats not available commercially anymore

 

Hi,
This place has 'Golden Drop' listed,it's in Ireland but does mail order to UK. Does sound a yummy variety!

http://futureforests.net/location.htm

 

Thank you all very much I had no idea there were so many varieties I have emailed Ireland....see what that brings on the website where I read up about them don't ask me where.... was some interesting info in that Henry the 8th was rather fond of a Goose berry fool, thought you might like to know that. Nice bit of frost out there tonight car looks like a Christmas tree hope it does in all the nasties that plagued me in the summer. :D

 

Re Gooseberries, I contacted "Future Forests" in Ireland and for a modest price they are mailing two bushes one.. Golden Drop and I settled for a red.. Crown Bob which I had never heard of, be interesting I will keep you posted.