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FYI, also called Hackberry. Don't know why.

tc, southern WI






> From: "Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>
> Reply-To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: [NAFEX] sugarberry
> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 08:30:22 -0800
>
> Does anyone have experience using Celtis occidentalis, sugarberry, as an
> edible?  I sampled some fruit yesterday.  There was hardly any pulp around 
> a
> large seed the size of a pea.  If that is all there is to this fruit, I
> wouldn't classify it as an edible.  Maybe I'm missing something.  I read
> this morning that the seed is what birds go after, and also the reason it 
> is
> called sugarberry. Any thoughts?
> -Mark Lee, Seattle
>
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