There was a symposium in Russia that
had an almost equal number of Chinese researchers presenting papers.
might be 10-15 years ago. Evidently from these papers, the juice is
widely used in China as we use orange juice here. Excellent source of
vit C.
There seem to be many trains -
perhaps other species - in China as well as Russia. Russia sells the oil
made from fruit and seeds. It is used to heal radiation burns
(other burns?) and is quite expensive.
The fruit tastes similar to other
Elaeagnus sps. tart, I don't remember astringency but it is possible
there is some which disappears with preparation of juice or jelly. I
expect the fruit is loaded with anti-oxidants like the other Elaeagnus.
And it fixes nitrogen like all the others. I have never heard that it
was invasive from any grower in Russia, but it does travel via
stolons.
Japanese beetles love the foliage,
and there is some fungus damage in very humid climates like ours - perhaps a
combination of heat and humidity because seacosts are humid and it grows well
in sand in England along the coasts - hence the name. Hippophae, by the
way, refers to the feeding of the foliage to horses to make their coats
glossy.
Analyses of foliage of other
Elaeagnus species shows a considerably higher nitrogen content than other
forages like hay. I suspect sea buckthorn would do the same. I
also suspect that there is a connection between the nitrogen fixing and
protein available in the fruit and foliage.
hector black, zone 6 middle
tn.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 2:33
PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Sea Buckthorn
I have tried jelly and juice from this fruit and it is
excellent. I have some materials growing as a trial, presently and this past
summer a two-year plant produced fruit. From seed I think it can be 5-7 years.
It has become a multi-million dollar industry in Germany
and the Baltic states. There have been varieties developed for juice, oil
content and the medicinal industry. The German varieties are mainly oil
varieties and are very "greasy" to the taste, and mostly bitter as are
the medicinal bred materials. The Russian bred materials are larger, easy to
harvest berries and very sweet as compared to the "oil"
varieties.
There is a lot of work being done in Canada on this crop
at present on a wide range of European materials
George Brinson
Carmanville
Newfoundland
Canada
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Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 2:21
PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Sea Buckthorn
Hi Gang;
After 23 years of buying edible plants through the mail from almost
everyone....
I can share this much:
WRT Sea Buckthorn; I would group it in with all the other fruits that
boast of:
"Hi in Vitamins"
"Very Hardy"
"Easy to grow"
"Attractive Plant"
etc, etc...
This type of advertising usually means that it's taste is either flat,
weird, or just plain lousy.
When a fruit tastes 'acceptable or above' they shout that out in line
one, bold print, many times over.
Richard Murphy
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