Invicta

Invicta is a heavy-cropping green dessert and culinary gooseberry bred in the United Kingdom at the East Malling Research Station and released in the 1980s. It has become one of the most widely planted commercial gooseberries in Britain thanks to its exceptional productivity and its resistance to American gooseberry mildew. The large, pale-green berries ripen in midsummer and are equally suited to cooking while firm and unripe or eating fresh once fully mature and slightly sweeter. Vigorous and spreading, Invicta forms a spiny bush that rewards regular pruning with enormous yields. It is a dependable choice for permaculture plantings where a reliable, disease-tolerant fruiting shrub is wanted, and its heavy fruit set makes it popular for jams, pies, and preserves.