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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 07:50:36 -0500

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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