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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

The species grown for hips commercially in Sweden and other parts of Europe is Rosa dumalis, a relative of R. canina.  I have some and the flavor and character of them is (to my taste) better than R. rugosa.   They are firmer than rugosa, which makes it easier to scoop the seeds out, and a lot more productive.
Robert Osborne of Corn Hill Nursery in Canada has some excellent rugosas.  He has written a book on cold hardy roses that includes evaluation of the edibility of the hips of the varieties.  Corn Hill can ship roses to the U.S., too.  You should be able to find their website easily.
-Lon Rombough 
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Jun 4, 2006, at 11:04 PM, Spidra Webster wrote:

I bought a rosa rugosa "Wild Spice" hoping that a rugosa rose would be 
a good choice for hips.  The hips are very pretty but really full of 
seeds. More seeds than flesh.  I'm beginning to think I should have 
bought a rosa canina, but I have not been able to find a mail order 
source for them.

Do folks here have experience with growing roses for hips?  Which 
varieties would you recommend?  I'm in Berkeley, CA and the wind whips 
a fair bit around here.  Not too much heat.

I'm interested in using the hips for medicine, tea, and Swedish 
nypponsoppa.


Spidra Webster
USDA Zone 9b. Sunset Zone 17.
Berkeley, CA "Athens of the West"

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