Picking them is painful (too many thorns on the branches) and it’s difficult to find them in any shops these days.
When I was a child the local greengrocer shops sold gooseberries, blackcurrants, red currants and greengages. Nowadays I rarely see these fruits in the shops snd if they are available the price is exorbitant. Blackcurrants are £16 a kilo if you can find them !
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Yes that is so wierd! Where have all these wonderful fruits disappeared to? What about raspberries – they used to grow wild in our back garden and we ate them all summer.They will soon be exotic rarities.
It’s sad but true. And raspberries are so expensive. We have so many greengages