A series of five programmes on how to grow your own fruit presented by Geoffrey Smith
2: Currants and Gooseberries
'Probably the most reliable of all fruit' is how GEOFFREY SMITH describes blackcurrants and gooseberries. Bushes are pruned and planted in the autumn; budding and flowering takes" place in April and May and heavy cropping should follow from July onwards.
Series producer PETER RIDING Producer BRIAN DAVIES