Order plants online and get delivered in a box is certainly something borderline. I needed a matching accessory items to my rhubarb order Tung to save the postage - if I can save I admit at times also more money from ;-).
Gooseberry and rhubarb fits so well together well. In short, the plant was in good condition, has been waking problems, now has been a lot of fruits and I look forward to next year, when rhubarb and gooseberry show what they can do.