[NAFEX] (NAFEX) Temperate berry crops

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Thu Jan 4 18:38:08 EST 2007


On Jan 4, 2007, at 4:13 PM, William C. Garthright wrote:

>
>> The fellow I quoted above failed to mention that carefully selected
>> blackberries are among the most delectable fruits one can eat.
>
>
>
> Heh, heh. I've had people tell me this. My only experience is buying a
> small (and expensive) carton of them in the grocery store. They looked
> nice, but it was just like eating little lemons! I couldn't tell if  
> they
> had any other taste except sour. Admittedly, most grocery-store  
> fruit is
> lousy, so I'm willing to believe that home-grown blackberries would be
> good. But I'm not really convinced they'd do well around here.

Ripe blackberries are excellent, and not terribly sour.  (although I  
like sour fruit, so get other opinions.)

What climate zone did you say you were in?




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