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  • From: "del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] bilberry/ v. myrtillus
  • Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 04:02:36 +0000

I am looking into vaccinium myrtillus for a relative - who at age 48 has suddenly found herself going blind from a rare form of retinal degeneration. Her post surgery prognosis by the eye surgeon is basically "good luck", so, though she is a science teacher, she now finds herself persuing 'alternative' forms of healing .
Bilberry keeps coming up. Some sites call it a huckleberry, one foot tall; but the huckleberries I remember were 4' high. Even if it has no healing properties, it would make good jam. Anyone know where I could buy some plants? Del, here's a website on bilberry http://www.stevenfoster.com/education/monograph/bilberry.html






Del Stubbs www.pinewoodforge.com ag zone2/3






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