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- From: tonitime AT juno.com
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- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Garden Huckleberries
- Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 10:12:29 -0400
I grow similar "fruits", the tomato cousin Solanum Burbankii ( Sunberry or
Wonderberry) developed by Luther Burbank. They are incredibly prolific and
reseed like crazy in the next season. Pick them when very black and
softish. Green fruits are not healthy to eat, so pick them out.
These have next to no flavor when uncooked - like a green tomato/watermelon
combo. When cooked - as in pies, jams, preserves, or cooked salsas, they
are quite delicious. I made pies for gatherings this last year and
wouldn't tell anyone what it was before hearing their opinions......people
really liked those pies and were surprised that these were nightshade family
fruits! I used corn gluten on the patch from last year as a preemergant
weed discourager as many hundreds of the plants started coming up - probably
thousands. The seed are very tiny. Thankfully, the fruits grow in
good clusters, so picking isn't too badonce alot start ripening at once.
I brush along the cluster into a light, three-sided tray,so it's easy to
remove the few green berries that come off.
Here is a very old pie recipe we enjoy for these. I hope to come up
with a colorful, dark, roasted salsa to can from these next year (took a year
off from growing them!).
They are sure "different", but a keeper for my gardens!
Toni in KY
Garden Sunberry/Huckleberry Pie Wash and stem 2-1/2 quarts of fully ripe fruits. Cover with water in an appropriately sized pot and bring to a boil. Add 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda, boil for one minute and then remove from heat and drain. Add one cup of cold water to the fruit, cook until soft, then mash and add 1-1/2 cups sugar, the juice of 1/2 lemon and boil about 15 minutes. Remove from the stove and allow to cool. When ready to put into the pie crust, add one tablespoon of tapioca. Dot with butter, add top crust, and bake. Source: Farmer Seed and Nursery, 1943 Annual |
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Re: [Market-farming] Garden Huckleberries,
Bill Shoemaker, 08/04/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Garden Huckleberries,
tonitime, 08/04/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Garden Huckleberries, Jill Bussiere, 08/04/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Garden Huckleberries,
Marie Kamphefner, 08/04/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Garden Huckleberries, Pat Meadows, 08/04/2005
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