I've got a row of soft fruit that's badly in need of renovation. There's an overgrown quince, a couple of gooseberry thickets, a couple of redcurrants and about half a dozen blackcurrants. I don't like blackcurrants, redcurrants are okay but generally I think currants are fiddly. I do like gooseberries and one of the gooseberry thickets still crops very heavily but is badly in need of some renovative pruning (any advice or tips, please tip away, I go braindead when faced with something that needs renovative pruning). The other gooseberry thicket still has a useful crop and I will have a go at some renovative pruning on this as well, but it doesn't look as healthy and vigorous as the other one and I think it's coming to the end of its life. In the middle of this lot is my free morello cherry tree that I planted this year.
So, my master plan is to get rid of all the currants, sort out the vigorous gooseberry, do some pruning on the other one but plan to replace it with new stock. I'll probably leave the quince but with a severe haircut (and I'd love some advice here as I've never touched a quince before). To restock the bed, I'm thinking about loganberries but I have to admit I've never tried one. If I like raspberries and blackberries, will I like loganberries? Are they easy to grow? Do I need more than one? The rest I'll fill with new gooseberry stock. Any advice on best varieties? Wyevale has Hinnonmaki red, green and yellow, plus Invicta. T&M does a collection with one each of Invicta, Xenia and Hinnonmaki yellow. Any views on these varieties? Any other varieties that are better?
Any advice or suggestions would be gladly received.