U.S. interest in fruit
Californian growers are now taking a greater interest in Chinese gooseberry plants i for their fruit, according to the latest issue of the magazine, “Sunset.” The Chinese gooseberry has been grown in California for years as a foliage and form plant Until recently, all commer-cially-available fruit has come from New Zealand, says the article in "Sunset.” Now growers in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys have begun trying the plants in the California sunshine.
For many years the United States Department of Agriculture has been experimenting with the crop in Chico, which is described as the “centre of kiwi plant production.” One grower in the Chico area imported 28,000 plants from New Zealand for commercial planting. He has 11 acres in plants, and the rest are in nursery stock. Eventually he plans to have 230 acres of Chinese gooseberries.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32801, 29 December 1971, Page 11
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