Sharon, south central Kansas has to be hotter and drier than where you are! We grow loads of gooseberries, both thorned and thornless. Here's a picture of 'Pixwell' in my yard tonight.
My mother in law always made gooseberry pie for me, and my father in law and I could share a whole pie because no one else liked them! Now she's gone, so I'll have to learn to make my own pies.
