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  • From: Gary Masog <gary.masog@gci.net>
  • To: 'North American Fruit Explorers' <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Salmonberry
  • Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 22:39:27 -0900

I have had many a good lunch on Salmonberries here in Alaska. They are like
a large bland raspberry. Hard to stop eating when they are ripe, as most
times when you find them they can be unbelievably plentiful. I have seen
salmonberries in Kodiak the size of golf balls. They do bleed out when pick
so need to pick an eat or process them immediately or you have a bucket full
of juice. I never consider digging one up and moving them to my home in
Anchorage, as I have always found them near the Ocean, where the rainfall,
would be heavy, like 100 to 200 inches annually. Salmonberries grow wild
from Prince of Wales Island in extreme Southeast Alaska (zone 6)to Kodiak,
but always on the coast. I have never seen or heard of them near Anchorage.
The winter low temperatures, in Kodiak likely drop to minus 20F. Jim Fruth
if you are still interested I will gladly send you some cuttings or may even
dig up a couple roots if happen upon a patch without too much snow or frozen
ground, when in the area. In Southeast Alaska all of the small towns have
salmonberries which just grow naturally along the streets and in the
ditches, as the yards never get mowed, and just have the natural rainforest
trees and bushes. I usually get my fill in a half hour walk around the towns
if they are in season.


Gary Masog
Zone 3 or 4
Anchorage, Alaska

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Sadler [mailto:Docshiva@Docshiva.org]
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 11:51 PM
To: 'North American Fruit Explorers'
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Salmonberry

There's a variety that's hardy to 3? I thought 5 was the limit.
R. parviflorus, thimbleberry, is a tasty relative hardy to zone 3. We have
them at our cabin, now buried under snow.

I just checked one of those use-your-zip-code-to-find-your-USDA-zone things,
and it says the summer cabin is in zone 9. It was only off by 5 zones...

Stephen Sadler, Ph.D.
USDA 9, AHS heat zone 8,
Sacramento CA - Mediterranean climate

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jim Fruth
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 5:32 AM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] Salmonberry

Does anyone know of a nursery that sells Arctic Salmonberry (Rubus
spectabilis) plants? The Oregon variety, R. spectabilia, takes zones 5 - 9.
I need one that'll thrive in zone 3. Thanks.
--

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN
www.bberryfarm.com
Jams, Jellies and Syrups










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