[Rach76]

....what would you choose?

I'm taking out my two (inherited) gooseberry bushes on  the plot as we don't like them and the thorns are a pain for me and my daughter.

So I'm thinking ahead to autumn and trying to decide what to plant instead. My daughter has requested fruit. We already have strawberries and a blackberry bush. And nothing with thorns please. 

What plant/variety would you pick?

[jambop]

Victoria plum

[Potty Plotty Lotty]

Raspberries-they aren't strictly a bush but well worth having. I'm not so keen on autumn ones so I would stick with summer ones.

[Growster...]

'Joan J Rasps' - every time!

[Aunt Sally]

Definitely a red desert gooseberry.

[snowdrops]

Oh well I was going to say gooseberry (I make a lovely gooseberry & mint jelly). Red currant would be my next choice to make red currant jelly😊

[mumofstig]

Either a thornless Tayberry or Loganberry, on wires trained between posts. (why on earth doesn't spellcheck like 'thornless'?  )
Once grown they're absolutely laden with fruit for eating fresh, puddings and jam, and they don't spread by runners to take over your plot 

[rachelsco]

Summer fruiting raspberries. Easy enough to look after, and repay you every year with lovely fruit.
they are so expensive in the shops, and you get so few.
Runners are a nuisance but can be pulled out when young, and can be potted up for others.

next would be a Victoria plum, closely followed by currants, black and or red.

[Debz]

Raspberries for me.  Love to eat them with the heat of the sun on them.

[greenjay]

another vote for raspberries.
although the runners are a pain!

[snow white]

Blueberries.  Two bushes for pollination.  So expensive in the shops.

[Fairy Plotmother]

Raspberries for me!

[RichardA]

big fan of red gooseberries and some are less thorny than others ( easier to avoid thorns if train as standards) I also find rasps give very good yield and can be lined up to take least space. Just a thought though - strawberries only at their best for about 3 to 4 years so might be worth using space to start a well prepped and perfectly weed free strawberry patch for planting later in year to give seamless succession.
Enjoy
R

[mrs bouquet]

Raspberries or blackcurrents for me.   Mrs Bouquet