The Washington Post, February 28th, 2002
Q Our gooseberry bushes do not bear fruit. One year they had some tiny berries. What can we do? AGooseberries and their cousins the currants are rarely seen at our latitude for two reasons: They are bush fruits that prefer northern climes, and their planting was prohibited in many areas where the white pine is an important timber tree. Gooseberries and currants are alternate hosts for white pine blister rust, and great efforts were made to eradicate them in forests of white pine. They are now gaining in popularity, but our hot summers present problems that make their culture difficult at best....
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