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  • From: Rick Valley <bamboogrove@cmug.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Antioxidants in Bilberry, etc.
  • Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 12:45:14 -0700

Since pigment abundance seems to be a simple indicator of high antioxidant
levels, I predict that Gaultheria shallon, salal, will soon be all the rage.
The berries are usually insipid, dry, leathery or otherwise disappointing
fresh, but if cooked up with a bit of honey, they'll make a vivid dark tasty
syrup/sauce. And the leaves make a healthful tea acc. to Moore. The genus
has others of interest too, of course, and since I know they'll hybridize
with Pernettya, there is probably all the genetic plasticity that could be
desired for adapting them as intensive crop plants.

-Rick






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