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Jeanne Gooseberry (Bundle of 2)
$59.99
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Ripening
Will it finish before your first hard freeze?
Check it on the Ripening Map (opens in a new tab)At a glance: Jeanne Gooseberry is a gooseberry shrub rated hardy to zone 3 in our ratings (winters to -40°F), self-fertile, so one plant can crop, and it ripens about Jul 16 to Jul 26 in Missoula (our Missoula estimate).
| Hardy to | Zone 3 to 7. A bare number means the whole of zone 3, colder half included (winters to -40°F). Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator. |
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| Pollination | Self-Fertile. Bloom group 6 of 7 (late), very early spring here. Jeanne sets fruit on its own. It blooms one to two weeks after other gooseberries, which can help it miss late frosts. Currant & Gooseberry Pollination Chart. |
| Ripens | About Jul 16 to Jul 26 in Missoula (a Missoula estimate from published sources). Real years swing about a week either way. See the date for your town. |
| Good for | Fresh eating (8/10), pies and baking (7/10), jams and jellies (7/10), canning and freezing (6/10). Scores are our own 1 to 10 ratings; 8 and up makes our Best Of lists. |
| Deer | Rarely bothered by deer. |
| What you get | Bare root. Shipped or picked up in Missoula in spring, roots wrapped in moist sawdust. Guaranteed to bud out. |
Overview
Jeanne is a late-ripening, dark red dessert gooseberry with an unknown European pedigree. The genotype has been observed for 24 years at the USDA National Germplasm Repository in Corvallis, Oregon. Its origin prior to Corvallis is undocumented. Jeanne was named in honor of the late Ms. Cheryl Jeanne Gunning, who worked in the tissue culture laboratory of the NCGR from 1981 to 1985.
High Yield & Organic-Friendly
The yield from ‘Jeanne’ is higher than many other gooseberry plants. When the USDA released it in 2005, they noted, "We expect that this cultivar will be good for organic production because of its pest resistance and very good fruit quality."
Cold Hardiness
Hardy to sub -40°F temperatures, Jeanne is a great choice for colder climates.
Plant Size & Root System
These Jeanne Gooseberry plants have a nice root system (lots of fine root hairs) and are, on average, 1-2 ft.
Shipping restrictions: white pine blister rust quarantine
Gooseberries and currants (Ribes species) are alternate hosts for white pine blister rust. We cannot ship this plant to New Hampshire or North Carolina, where its sale or importation is prohibited by state law. North Carolina prohibits all Ribes statewide; New Hampshire permits only a short list of named rust-resistant cultivars, which does not include this variety.
Permit or county-level restrictions also apply in: Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and West Virginia (prohibited in specific counties or townships) and Delaware, Michigan, and Rhode Island (state permit required). Please check your local rules before ordering.
Orders placed to a prohibited state will be cancelled and refunded.
Questions we get about Jeanne Gooseberry
Does Jeanne Gooseberry need a pollenizer?
No. Jeanne Gooseberry is self-fertile, so a single tree can set fruit. Jeanne sets fruit on its own. It blooms one to two weeks after other gooseberries, which can help it miss late frosts.
How cold hardy is Jeanne Gooseberry?
We rate Jeanne Gooseberry hardy to zone 3, which means winters down to about -40°F. Our ratings come from real winters at our two Montana sites and from trusted growers across the North, not from a catalog average.
When does Jeanne Gooseberry ripen?
About Jul 16 to Jul 26 in Missoula, Montana (an estimate built from published sources and our climate). Warmer places run earlier and cooler places later; our ripening map converts the date to your town.
What is Jeanne Gooseberry good for?
Our top use scores for Jeanne Gooseberry are fresh eating (8/10), pies and baking (7/10), jams and jellies (7/10), canning and freezing (6/10). Anything scored 8 or higher makes our Best Of lists.
Will deer eat Jeanne Gooseberry?
Rarely. Deer seldom bother Jeanne Gooseberry, though a hungry winter deer will try almost anything.
What arrives, and when does Jeanne Gooseberry ship?
A dormant bare-root plant, roots wrapped in moist sawdust with a vapor barrier, shipped or picked up in Missoula in spring. We guarantee our plants bud out. Stone fruits can be slow, so if one still has not budded out by August 15, write to us and we credit you for the following spring.