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[mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>]

When we were in Romania we tried as many Sea Buckthorn products   
(over there it's called Katina) we could find.  It's most popular use  
is medicinal but I did try a couple jellies made with it.  The flavor  
is pretty unique, not what you would expect from yellow fruit but  
maybe what you would expect from the buckthorn family. The jellies I  
tried had too much sugar in to really have a sense of the flavor.    
It's very common also to find big piles of the branches with fruit on  
in the markets since it is not all that easy to harvest.  Another use  
of course is as juice, with sweetner added.  It's touted as being one  
of the highest in vit C for northern hemisphere fruits.

~mIEKAL

One recommendation I would make is to get a couple grafted plants  
going first, as my 7 year old seedling have still not matured enough  
to fruit.  It's a dioecious plant so get enough plants to make sure  
yr pollination is covered.


On Mar 4, 2006, at 8:02 AM, Jim Fruth wrote:

>     I keep seeing articles about Sea Buckthorn and the latest comes  
> from the
> Ontario Ministry of Agriculture suggesting that farmers plant it.   
> Every
> article I have read about it extols the virtues of the fruit but  
> NOBODY has
> yet said that it tastes good.  Makes me wonder if it tastes awful.   
> Does it
> make a tasty jelly?  Does anyone know?
> --
>
> Jim Fruth
> Brambleberry Farm
> Pequot Lakes, MN
> www.bberryfarm.com
> Jams, Jellies and Syrups