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  • From: "marcy" <marcy AT aculink.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Garden Huckleberries
  • Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 07:01:55 -0600

Would those (wild huckleberries) be the same as the "garden huckleberries?"
I grew some "garden huckleberries" MANY years ago when I was a kid and
wasn't at all happy with them. No flavor to speak of, not even sour. I may
try some again if anyone has had a decent experience with them!
Thanks!
Marcy
SE Colo zone 5

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 6:34 AM
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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