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The Gooseberry Bush That Took To The Sky

About 10 to 12 feet up in an old tree, this wild gooseberry bush is full of blooms. Stretching about 4 feet by 4 feet, entirely protected by sky from deer and rabbit browse, this is the second largest gooseberry bush I’ve seen in the wild:

Most gooseberry bushes that I’ve seen in the wild are rabbit chewed or deer browsed and so not much bigger than 6 by 12 inches like these plants by barbed wire along an old fence line:

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