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  • From: "Jill Bussiere" <jdt AT itol.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Garden Huckleberries
  • Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 08:14:23 -0500

Not the same as tomatillos - smaller, less tasty, from what I have been reading this morning.  In fact, from what I have read, they don't taste like anything at all.  You have to add lemon and sugar to make them taste like anything. 
 
Most reviews that I read this morning said that people weren't at all impressed with them - except for birds - the birds like them, and except for survival food:^)
 
            Jill Bussiere, Wisconsin
-----Original Message-----
From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Karen Sutherland & Roots Farm
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 8:09 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Garden Huckleberries

And are these garden huckleberries the same as tomatillas or just a relative?

All best wishes,

Karen

Karen Sutherland
Roots Farm
Organic Produce : Fruits, Roots, Vegetables & Herbs

Cockrane, Dominica
767-449-3038
rootsfarm AT marpin.dm

 



Jill Bussiere wrote:
You all know that garden huckleberries are different than huckleberries,
yes?

I don't know about either, though, except that they are different.

OK, here's a blurb from the web.  Another site says they are a relative of
the tomato.

(Solanum melanocerasum) Native to the tropics of western Africa. Sprawling
3-4' branched plants produce hundreds of round ?-?" shiny black berries in
clusters. Best when picked after berries turn from glossy to dull black.
Tasteless when raw and unsweetened, but makes delicious mock blueberry pies
and preserves. Use about 1 pound of berries to ? cup of sugar for best
flavor. Good for freezing and canning. It is a common misunderstanding that
Garden Huckleberries are poisonous. Garden Huckleberries are not poisonous!
Even after countless studies have proven their safety, some garden writers
still insist that gardeners are being terribly misled. That's
understandable, because tomatoes were formerly thought to be poisonous too!
75-80 days from transplant. CERTIFIED ORGANIC

				Jill







-----Original Message-----
From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Lynn
Wigglesworth
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 7:35 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Garden Huckleberries


I grew up picking wild huckleberries. The best test is to taste them. If
they are sour, they aren't ripe yet. They should be a nice sweet/tangy.
They shouldn't be hard, but they don't get as soft as blueberries.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Peasant Farmer
Tioga County, PA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jill Bussiere" <jdt AT itol.com>
To: <rbfarr AT erols.com>; "Market Farming"
<market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Garden Huckleberries


  
THanks,

Will they feel like tomotes?  You know, a bit squishy, when ripe?  Last
    
I
  
checked them they were still very hard, and blue black.

Jill

-----Original Message-----
From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Robert
Farr - The Chile Man
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 2:37 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Garden Huckleberries


Huckleberries are ripe when black -

R.


Jill Bussiere wrote:

    
This is the first year that I have grown garden huckleberries.  Does
      
anyone
  
know how to tell when they are ripe?

Jill Bussiere, Wisconsin



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