Gooseberry and Related Topics

Berry

Small, pulpy, and often edible fruit.

Rubus berries have been cultivated by crossbreeding to create a diverse range of brambleberries with desirable traits

Cloudberry, common flowering plant in the cool temperate regions, alpine and arctic tundra and boreal forest.

Example of color contrast in (mostly inedible) wild berries

Berries under both definitions include blueberries, cranberries, lingonberries, and the fruits of many other members of the heather family, as well as gooseberries, goji berries and elderberries.

Blueberry, strawberry, apricot, orange and apple jams

Fruit preserves

Sugar and sometimes acid, often stored in glass jars and used as a condiment or spread.

Five varieties of fruit preserves (clockwise from top): apple, quince, plum, squash, orange (in the center)

Jars of confiture and gelée for sale in Colmar, France

Tart apples, sour blackberries, cranberries, currants, gooseberries, Concord grapes, soft plums, and quinces work well in recipes without added pectin.

Fruit

Seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering.

Caraway fruits. A common mistake is to call these and similar ones "seeds".

Pomegranate display of the exocarp (right) and seeds and edible sarcotesta (left)

An arrangement of fruits commonly thought of as culinary vegetables, including corn (maize), tomatoes, and various squash

The development sequence of a typical drupe, the nectarine (Prunus persica) over a 7.5 month period, from bud formation in early winter to fruit ripening in midsummer (see [[:File:Nectarine Fruit Development.jpg|image page]] for further information)

The parts of a flower, showing the stigma-style-ovary system.

An apple is a simple fleshy fruit. Key parts are the epicarp, or exocarp, or outer skin, (not labelled); and the mezocarp and endocarp (labelled).

Insertion point: There are 3 positions of insertion of the ovary at the base of a flower: I superior; II half-inferior; III inferior. The 'insertion point' is where the androecium parts (a), the petals (p), and the sepals (s) all converge and attach to the receptacle (r). (Ovary= gynoecium (g).)

In the noni, flowers are produced in time-sequence along the stem. It is possible to see a progression of flowering, fruit development, and fruit ripening.

Dewberry flowers. Note the multiple pistils, each of which will produce a drupelet. Each flower will become a blackberry-like aggregate fruit.

A dry simple fruit: milkweed (Asclepias syriaca); dehiscence of the follicular fruit reveals seeds within.

Fruits of four different banana cultivars (Bananas are berries.)

Strawberry, showing achenes attached to surface. Botanically, strawberries are not berries; they are classified as an aggregate accessory fruit.

Flower of Magnolia × wieseneri showing the many pistils making up the gynoecium in the middle of the flower. The fruit of this flower is an aggregation of follicles.

Detail of the raspberry flower: there is a clustering of pistils at the center of the flower. (A pistil consists of stigma, style, and ovary.) The stigma is the apical (at the apex) nodule that receives pollen; the style is the stem-like column that extends down to the ovary, which is the basal part that contains the seed-forming ovule.

Lilium unripe capsule fruit; an aggregate fruit.

The fruit of a pineapple includes tissue from the sepals as well as the pistils of many flowers. It is a multiple-accessory fruit.

Comparing fresh fruits for fiber, potassium (K), and vitamin C. Each disk-point refers to a 100 g serving of the fresh fruit named. The size of the disk represents the amount of fiber (as percentage of the recommended daily allowance, RDA) in a serving of fruit (see key at upper right). The amount of vitamin C (as percent RDA) is plotted on the x–axis and the amount of potassium (K), in mg on the y–axis. + Bananas are high in value for fiber and potassium, and oranges for fiber and vitamin C. (Apricots are highest in potassium; strawberries are rich in vitamin C.) Watermelon, providing low levels of both K and vitamin C and almost no fiber, is of least value for the three nutrients together.

Porcelain vine is usually planted for its showy, colourful berries.

cranberry, gooseberry, redcurrant, grape.

Fruit wine

Fruit wines are fermented alcoholic beverages made from a variety of base ingredients (other than grapes); they may also have additional flavors taken from fruits, flowers, and herbs.

Elderberries, a common fruit wine ingredient.

Bottle of pineapple wine from Dominican Republic

Fruit wine can also be made from Blackberry, Blackcurrant, Blueberry, Cranberry, Elderberry, Gooseberry, Mulberry, Seaberry, or Raspberry.

Polygonia c-album

Food generalist butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae.

Form hutchinsoni (named for Emma Hutchinson) Northamptonshire, UK

The later instar larvae are specialized feeders and favor several host plants during the larval stage: Urtica dioica, Ulmus glabra, Salix caprea, R. uva-crispa, and Betula pubescens.

Abraxas grossulariata

Moth of the family Geometridae, native to the Palearctic realm and North America.

The caterpillar is similarly coloured to the adult, and may be found feeding on the leaves of shrubs such as gooseberry and blackcurrant.

Cronartium ribicola

Species of rust fungus in the family Cronartiaceae that causes the disease white pine blister rust.

Leaf spots on the underside of a leaf on a Ribes species (telial host)

Pine seedlings being bred to resist white pine blister rust by the US Forest Service

In the specific case of Cronartium ribicola, the aecial host of this pathogen is the white pine (Pinus subgenus Strobus, family Pinaceae) and the telial hosts are those of the genus Ribes, specifically currants and gooseberries.

Fruit fool

English dessert.

Traditionally, fruit fool is made by folding pureed stewed fruit (classically gooseberries) into sweet custard.

Nematus ribesii

Species of sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae.

This insect is best known as a pest of gooseberries.

Javadi Hills

Extension of the Eastern Ghats spread across parts of Vellore and Tiruvannamalai districts in the northern part of the state of Tamil Nadu in southeastern India.

Malayali tribes people grow a variety of trees on their patta land, including tamarind, jackfruit, gooseberry, guava, pomegranate, mango, lemon, coconut, plantain, Paddy, Saamai etc.