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[Lucky Pittman <Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>]

At 08:13 AM 03/23/2002 -0600, Donna wrote:

>     I'm afraid that writers for Pomona  may not have much to say about
>their fruit crops in 2002.  Maybe it will be a year for writing about garden
>huckleberries (yechh!!!) and ground cherries.  I've tried them in cobblers
>with apples, and the ground cherries are pretty decent.

Yechh! is right.

I grew those infamous 'garden huckleberries' (Solanum melanocerasum, if I 
remember the scientific name correctly) one year in MO.  Beautiful plants, 
about 3-4 ft tall, big clusters of white blossoms & big clusters of juicy 
blue-black berries, bigger than any of the selected blueberry varieties.
BUT!!!  Even after boiling, leaching, and treatment with baking soda to 
'neutralize' toxins, and addition of lots & lots of sugar, grape juice, and 
a little lemon juice, pies & jams left me with a very discomforting 
metallic aftertaste, suggesting that all the toxic alkaloids had not been 
removed or neutralized.



Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY


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