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  • From: list@ginda.us
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] bayberry
  • Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 22:02:58 -0500

Thanks, that's it. Yes, it is a delicious fruit, and one I will happily try again. Too bad I can't grow it, but zone 10 would be hopeless even inside.

Ginda
zone 6, with freezing rain out the window.

On Feb 3, 2004, at 8:59 PM, Mark Lee wrote:

I think it is probably Myrica rubra (Japanese Bayberry). This is a zone 10
subtropical plant. Here is a link to a picture:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/16152372/16604912CTOGpANgPc

Another link
http://www.actahort.org/books/321/321_10.htm
says..."Its abundant juice plus a high sugar content in a good balance with
moderate acids makes the fruit a delicious taste. It is also rich in
vitamins content. In addition to fresh consumption, the fruit can also be
processed into sweets, jam, juice and wine, or canned in syrup. "

-Mark Lee, Seattle


-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of list@ginda.us
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 5:30 PM
To: NAFEX
Subject: [NAFEX] bayberry


I had supper at a Japanese restaurant this evening, and was served a
fruit the waiter called "bayberry". It was a little larger than a
cherry, and had a hard central pit like a cherry. The exterior was
bumpy, and actually looked similar to a sycamore seed-ball, except that
it was red. It didn't look very appealing, and I wondered if it might
have been pickled or something, but when I tried it it was very good
(and not pickled, but possibly preserved in syrup??). Sweet and sour,
softer than a cherry, which is certainly the fruit it most resembled in
"eating experience".

Does anyone know what this is? Does it have another name?

thanks,
Ginda

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