If you could only buy 1 fruit bush what would it be?

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Can only fit in one.Thinking blackcurrent but homegrown raspberries are nice.

Blueberries, super easy and you get loads!

Raspberry canes would be my fruit of choice.
Or a gooseberry bush.

Raspberries

Tay berry. One raspberry cane won’t go far

I’d second the Tayberry. Most soft fruits are readily and cheaply available from “pick your own” growers, so hardly worth bothering with if you are short of space in your garden. Tayberries are a bit more niche, and less available commercially, but large and delicious, and easy to grow. They were developed 5 miles down the road from me, at the crop research institute in the Carse of Gowrie, so can handle Scottish winters.

Being practical - what kind of space do you have? Is it going in a pot or the ground? What is your soil, how sunny etc...

Blackcurrant every time. Raspberries and strawberries are great but PYO and shop bought taste great too this time of year.

Blackcurrants are hard to buy and DS and DH utterly adore blackcurrant pie. Here's one I made today! [wins mum award]

They are also super good for you. And native!

Blueberries, super easy and you get loads!

This. And they’re £££ in the shop. Though I’ve now planted a second bush because my 3yo and her mates can strip it in five minutes.

I have a blueberry bush and a red currant bush. Both in pots and both produce loads of fruit (although neither did last year for the first time ever).

Arabella that looks delicious. And I grow loads of blackcurrants.

What is the recipe - just shortcrust and blackcurrants? Cornflour? Sugar?

I am not experienced as a gardener but my blueberry bush looks great and produces really well.

Blueberry. Although it took me ages to come to that answer, who knew that was a hard decision.

gooseberry. .because I love them, you cannot buy in shops and off one bush this year I had over 12 lbs of fruit. .also I never do anything to it!

yes to black currants. they smell so nice, the wood as well.

or goose berries. sooo expensive in shops and much nicer fresh from a bush.

Yes sweet shortcrust (flour, egg, butter, a couple of tbsp sugar ) and mix the blackcurrants w sugar and cornflour. Hot oven for 25 mins sprinkle top w more sugar

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Yes sweet shortcrust (flour, egg, butter, a couple of tbsp sugar ) and mix the blackcurrants w sugar and cornflour. Hot oven for 25 mins sprinkle top w more sugar

Yum. I'm going to make it My issue is that I am so greedy that I always put in lots of fruit. Then a bit more for luck. Then it turns into a bowl of (admittedly delicious) slop. I must learn some restraint.

Japanese Wineberry: it's a beautiful plant with furry red stems that catch the light all year round, the berries are so delicious and you can't buy them, and you can train it upwards so it doesn't take up too much space, I've had one in a large container for a couple of years and I love it. I would also recommend blackcurrant 'big ben' as you get enough gigantic blackcurrants on one bush to last for ages, I freeze them and a handful make apple pies taste amazing all through Autumn and winter. They also make a wonderful syrup/cordial.

Blueberry - ours is really productive and will tolerate neglect/cluelessness from me.

Red gooseberries

I have a quince bush already.
So based on the comments on this thread about productivity, I'd get blueberry.

Redcurrant, white currant or blackcurrant as they can be difficult to get in shops. I make redcurrant jelly to go in as an ingredient in onion marmalade and it really does make a difference from shop bought.

I wouldn't give up the quince though.

We've also put in a sloe berry bush but it's taking ages to grow!

Blackcurrants for definite. They get made into cordials, jellies/jams, pies, summer pudding, ice cream, sorbet, and crumble top tray bakes

We've also put in a sloe berry bush but it's taking ages to grow

I can understand a blackthorn hedge, but a single bush? If it's for sloe gin you'll have a long wait for enough fruit from one bush/tree.