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["Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>]

Rick,
Thanks for the posting about your favorite rose hip.  I turned up some
information that I had not run across before.  Here is what I found...

I looked at a survey of plants occuring in Sun Lakes State Park (thanks to
Washington Native Plant Society).
http://www.wnps.org/plant_lists/counties/grant/sun_lakes.doc
This survey turned up only one rose species, so the chances are good that
the rose hip you nibbled there came from the Pearhip Rose (Rosa woodsii).  A
picture of the hips can be found at
http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/Pink%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/rosa%20
woodsii.htm,
http://palouseprairie.org/readppf.pl?entry=ROWO,
http://www.clunet.edu/wf/mtn/flowers/fwr-513.htm.
The picture in the first link above make the hips appear as red currants on
the branch. These hips hang on the plant throughout the winter, and are an
important source of food to birds and other wildlife.  The native people in
the West, some of which include Okanagan-Colville, Thompson, Montana Indian,
and Lakota, enjoyed the flavorful hips.  In the spring, they harvested the
shoots as a vegetable, like asparagas I suppose.

I would appreciate hearing from anyone that has experience growing this rose
for its excellent hips.  I'll add this rose to my edible landscape.
-Mark Lee, Seattle


-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Rick Valley
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 9:56 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Rose hip exploring


My favorite rosehips of all time were gathered at Sun Lakes State Park in WA
(Dry Falls) in November. I don't know the species but although small, they
tasted like vit. C candy. There is an ornamental Crabapple I have seen in
plantings in Corvallis that has a similar though less intense flavor.

Rick

picked some Galas and Fujis last week that were pure juicy heaven


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