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  • From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] bayberry
  • Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 20:40:31 -0800

Title: Re: [NAFEX] bayberry
Go to http://www.nap.edu/books/030904264X/html/  and read "Lost Crops of the Incas" and you will find several temperate Myrica relatives with good fruit that might satisfy your interest.
-Lon Rombough


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. "



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