Gooseberry | Anna Ralphs
Title: The Gooseberry & The Ghostline: Unpacking Anna Ralphs’ Poetic Cartography of the Lost
Gardening/Plant Feature (most probable)
Anna Ralphs Gooseberry
By 1870, the was listed in a Herefordshire nursery catalogue. The description read: "A dessert gooseberry of the highest quality. Skin thin, translucent, of a honey-amber blush. Flesh melting, with a high sugar content and a distinct note of apricot. Unsurpassed for eating raw. Requires a sheltered wall."
In 2018, a promising development occurred. A retiree in Cornwall named Geoffrey Hanks claimed to have found a bush growing behind a derelict bothy (a basic cottage) on the edge of Bodmin Moor. The berries matched the description: "pink-gold, hairless, sweet." anna ralphs gooseberry