Fruit
Hinnonmaki Red
A tier
Hinnonmäki Red is the red-berried sibling line from Finnish breeding—burgundy-blushed fruit with sweet-tart dessert appeal when fully ripe and attractive jam colour. Hardiness suits cold gardens; flavour is fruity rather than only acidic. Thorns remain part of the harvest ritual. Excellent mixed punnets with green types. Jam runs pink-red; fools look festive. Pick fully coloured for fresh eating. Same open-centre pruning as other Ribes uva-crispa cultivars.
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Characteristics
Preparations
FoolFreshMixed PunnetRed Jam
Traits
FinnishHardyJam ColourPrettyRedRed DessertSweet-Tart
History
FI
Hinnonmäki Red accompanied green types from Finnish programmes.
Colourful garden plantings spread red Hinnonmäki across Europe.
GB
UK gardeners favoured it for pretty dessert berries.
Hinnonmäki Red remained a top named red gooseberry.