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["Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>]

That’s the word about Western huckleberry, that it has to be gathered wild – but I can’t see why it couldn’t be cultivated, given the right conditions.  If you bought a plot of land with a concentration of wild huckeleberry, and harvested annually, is that a crop?  If you weed it, propagate it, and protect it from varmints, at what point is it considered cultivated?  Would it suddenly decide, “hey, I’m cultivated now, so no more fruit for you?”  People are certainly growing Western Huckleberry.  People also grow ramps, fiddleheads, morels, truffles, and wasabi.  Many uncultivateable plants are cultivated.   Difficulty providing the right conditions isn’t the same as impossible.   

 

~ Stephen

 

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of vrana
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 11:04 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Huckleberry

 

where could I sennd seeds for her?sow it immediately.Small plants have to be outdores during winter,better under snow.

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From: road's end farm

To: North American Fruit Explorers

Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 4:20 PM

Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Huckleberry

 

I have a friend who loves huckleberries, but swears that they can't be cultivated. I recently had an email from her on this subject. (This would be the western version; she has a friend in Montana who picks wild ones for her.)

My friend doesn't actually know anything much about farming, and is not a gardener, so I wondered if her information is correct. Jim, did you find other people who were cultivating them, but who didn't want to sell plants? or were they all wild harvesting?

Of course, if they aren't ordinarily cultivated, I expect some NAFEXers will take it as a challenge ...

--Rivka
Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly