Summer field notes

Hardy Berries and Currants: Summer Field Notes

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Field note · July 2026

northern gooseberry, or smooth gooseberry

Oak Summit Nursery · Southern Manitoba

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northern gooseberry, or smooth gooseberry. Ribes hirtellum. a native berry bush with almost no thornes, shown fruiting on july 20 and just starting to naturally drop some fruit, a good sign that they're at the right stage to pick. I have a few of these growing at the nursery grown from cuttings collected around MB and SK.

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