Topic: Hiinnomaki Red Gooseberries with an odd taste

[George the Pigman]

I have just harvested my first crop of Hinnomaki Red Gooseberries. They are more a reddy-black and have an unusual taste more like blackcurrants than gooseberries .
Anyone grown them before? Are they meant to taste like that when ripe?

[InfraDig]

Any chance it is a jostaberry??!!

[George the Pigman]

Well I got it from a garden centre and the label said  Hinnomaki Red. Checked it a few days ago as I keep labels.
Bought a Hinnomaki Green as well and that taste like a traditional gooseberry 

[JanG]

If it is a mislabelled jostaberry, the fruit should have turned blackish by now, and the whole bush would eventually get rather larger than a gooseberry bush, going by my experience of jostaberry.

[tricia]

Just googled  and found  this.
Tricia

https://www.google.com/search?q=hinnomaki+red+gooseberry+taste&client=tablet-android-samsung-rev2&sca_esv=8f49df3e5247a172&sca_upv=1&source=android-browser&ei=B_fGZqvCLdWGhbIPkt7D6Qg&oq=hinnomaki+red+gooseberry+&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIhloaW5ub21ha2kgcmVkIGdvb3NlYmVycnkgKgIIATILEAAYgAQYkQIYigUyCxAAGIAEGJECGIoFMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIIEAAYFhgeGA9IrEdQ9BpYnS1wAXgBkAEAmAGqAaABtQWqAQMyLjS4AQHIAQD4AQGYAgegAosHwgIKEAAYsAMY1gQYR8ICBRAhGKABwgIEECEYFcICBxAhGKABGArCAgsQABiABBiGAxiKBZgDAIgGAZAGCJIHAzEuNqAH_ho&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp

[George the Pigman]

Looked a bit more and they say they taste rather like a tangy grape. That's about right as to what they taste to me   Certainly not like a conventional gooseberry 
Decided to make some jam out if them. Let you know what it tastes like!

[George the Pigman]

Some feedback!
The jam was lovely so if one doesn't like the taste as a dessert gooseberry they should be brilliant if using in cooking.