We do still have some frozen gooseberries available. We can ship these during the winter months by next day air only or they start to melt. If you want to pick up from the farm (Central New Jersey) please contact us to arrange a time.
Gooseberries come in either:
SHIPPING COSTS
We ship in insulated containers with frozen packs to keep the
gooseberries cold BUT they do melt so we only ship next day air. Otherwise
the may end up as a mushy puddle by time they reach you. We ship as
customers own risk. We do our best to keep them cold and get them
to you fast but its your risk if they get held over, there is a sudden
heat wave or you are in a warm state.
Our site can't do fancy interactive shipping with UPS so we have to
make estimates on shipping. These prices are what it would cost to
ship to California from New Jersey. We thought the furthest point.
If shipping to where ever you are is less we will refund the overcharges
to you.
If you would like to be alerted when our next fresh gooseberry harvest is going to be available (usually in early July) please fill out the Gooseberry Contact Form and we will alert you when the berries are being picked.
PLEASE NOTE.
These are EUROPEAN gooseberries NOT Indian gooseberries or Star,
Chinese or Cape gooseberries. Please check this
page if you are unsure about which kind you are really looking
for.
How do Gooseberries fair when frozen?
Gooseberries are unusual in that they don't suffer much from being frozen. They
have a tougher skin (but not inedible) than most soft fruits which keeps the
berry together so when they defrost they are pretty much the same as a fresh
one. The taste and texture are the same and most people can't tell the difference.
The most popular way to use gooseberries is pureed, added to smoothies and desserts
so having frozen ones makes no difference. However we would recommend that unless
you have an industrial blender you allow the berries to defrost just slightly
before putting them in to blend or it's like trying to blend steel ball
bearings and the blender suffers.
Below are links to information and questions we have received about gooseberries. If you are unfamiliar with this fruit you may want to read them before you order.
For more information about gooseberries please see: