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[Michael Dossett <phainopepla@yahoo.com>]

Wintergreen is closely related to Salal.  It is in the
genus Gualtheria...

Michael

--- Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:

> I grow a ground cover that is called partridge
> berry.  It might be  
> related to cranberry, but it's a different plant. 
> Of course, the  
> mountain cranberry is very closely related to the
> common cranberry,  
> but the fruit is quite different.  The one I grow
> has "edible"  
> berries, but they aren't worth the bother.  Like
> mountain cranberries  
> they have a waxy texture and little flavor.  They
> are very small, and  
> there aren't very many on any one plant.
> 
> Wintergreen is different from what I call partridge
> berry - and I  
> don't think it's even vaccinium.
> 
> names, names, names.
> 
> Ginda
> 
> On Jan 25, 2006, at 8:29 PM,
> martha_davis@highstream.net wrote:
> 
> > I always thought that partrige berry was another
> name for  
> > wintergreen.  I've
> > eaten them & liked them, but I have a hard time
> imagining them as a  
> > pie.  More
> > like mints in berry form.  The cloudberry I had in
> Norway is  
> > certainly not the
> > same as the Pacific northwest salmonberry although
> fruit structure  
> > and color
> > are somewhat similar.
> > Martha
> >
> >
> >
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