Gooseberries can be very tart or very sweet. The outer skin is tangy while the flesh is sweet. Often the unsung hero of summer fruits, gooseberries boast a refreshing tartness that's ideal for crumbles, tarts, jams and drinks. For those who dislike the sour taste, mature gooseberries that spend a more extended amount of time ripening have a sweeter taste. When planting, think location. Add red cabbage, lettuce, bell pepper, and squash into a large salad bowl. This hybrid variety (Ribes x nidigrolaria) is a cross between a black currant and a gooseberry, with fruits that look like black gooseberries â and taste sweeter. Crisp skin and a snappy tang is followed by sweet flesh. Self-fertile plant bears fruit in the first year if planted early enough in the spring. The fresh fruits will keep 1-2 weeks when stored in a cool and dark place. Kiwifruit (often shortened to kiwi outside Australia and New Zealand) or Chinese gooseberry is the edible berry of several species of woody vines in the genus Actinidia. These attractive large, deep red berries tasted the best in our trials. RED GOOSEBERRIES. The plants grow upright and are mildew resistant. Its outstanding disease resistance makes it suitable for organic growing. There are many different varieties of gooseberry, from sharp green ones to the sweeter red dessert berries. Description/Taste Captivator gooseberries have a round to teardrop like shape and a smooth and shiny skin. Cape gooseberries pair well with honey, spices such as cinnamon, cardamom, and pumpkin spice, red grapes, apricots, blueberries, strawberries, ginger, and nuts such as hazelnuts, walnuts, and pecans. The 'Hinnomaki Red' is one of the newer, disease-resistant gooseberries, producing a larger berry with a kiwi-like taste and texture. First are the Eurasian berries: tiny, translucent, super-tart green, rosy, or red berries reminiscent of currants. The berries are small, round, and vary from green to red or purple in color . Grow these gooseberry varieties and even help the children to harvest them. Red Gooseberry. Hinnomaki Red Gooseberry - Ribes uva-crispa 'Hinnomaki Red' Jeanne Gooseberry - Ribes uva-crispa L; Hinnomaki is a Finnish gooseberry. Berries come in many shapes, colors, and taste. An excellent dessert variety which can also be used for cooking producing large crops of sweet red berries. Hinnomaki Red Gooseberry Plant Sweetest of them All! Planting. The plant begins fruiting 2-3 years after plantation. Then, a Red Hinnomaki, a gooseberry from Finland, joined the lineup. You may associate gooseberries with types of sour green berries, but some gooseberry shrubs produce red berries. The sharpness disappears completely, and the taste is deliciously sweet, not dissimilar in my view to strawberry jam. It has tasty red berries and is very thorny. Although ripe gooseberries are hard to come by, both red and green types darken in color as they mature, taking on a boozy, Muscat grape-like flavor. The Captivator is an American/European hybrid variety bred specifically to be cold hardy, disease resistant, and a producer of large, flavorful fruits. The following breeds do not have thorns at all: Larell: Smooth, red berries, burst-proof and very sweet, the ideal gooseberry for balconies and terraces; Pax: For harvest from the end of June, beautiful red fruits, resistant against powdery American gooseberry mildew These gooseberries will usually have a color ranging from yellow to red (light green berries are the most tart). Cook until they collapse, but don't boil too hard, stir in 100g sugar per kilo, taste and adjust sugar levels as required. 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