Jeanne is a late-ripening, dark red, dessert gooseberry with an unknown European pedigree. The genotype has been observed for 24 years at the USDA National Germplasm Repository, Corvallis, Oregon. Its origin prior to Corvallis is undocumented. Jeanne was named in honor of the late Ms. Cheryl Jeanne Gunning, who worked in the tissue culture laboratory of the NCGR from 1981 to 1985. The yield from ‘Jeanne’ is higher than from many other gooseberry plants. When the USDA released it in 2005, they said “We expect that this cultivar will be good for organic production because of its pest resistance and very good fruit quality.” Hardy to sub -40F temps.

These Jeanne Gooseberry plants have a nice root system (lot of fine root hairs) and are on average 1.5-2.5 ft tall.