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The area in East Sussex associated with the growing of this variety for the dessert market is sandy and highly suitable, producing a berry which ripens well with a very sweet flavour. The fruit is gathered by hand in late July or early August; it must be picked when it is just ripe and marketed straight away.

Those who grow gooseberries for show prune the bushes severely and strip most of the fruit early in the season, leaving only a few berries to attain the largest possible size.