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- From: "Richard MURPHY" <murphman108@msn.com>
- To: "nafex" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [NAFEX] Mystery Berry Positive ID
- Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 23:08:37 -0400
If you all would like to see an oddball..........
I have these things growing in my hedgerow in zone 4 Maine.
Not just one tree, but several.
I sent in a hi-res photo a while ago, but we won't need that one any
more.
The plant, without doubt, is an Indian Plum / Oso Berry / Bird Cherry /
Skunk Bush / Indian Peach.
Not a Prunus anything. The little plums don't have the longitudinal (bum
crack) I don't know the correct term,
that a plum has, nor is it shaped like a cherry. It is shaped like a chubby
Lima bean.
They are :Osmaronia Cerasiformis
The book that ID them is Wild Edible Fruits and Berries by Marcia Furlong
and Virginia Pill.
The photo on page 23 is a Slam-Dunk copy of them.
Google Images also backed this up.
The closest Prunus was the Pin Cherry; close but no cigar.
I have some protective netting around one small cluster for a taste.
Right away, I'll tell you all that this doesn't appear to promise much in
the way of Yummy stuff.
I found one 'ripe' one, and it is basically a big flat seed, a few
milligrams of 'Raisin Paste', and a purple wrapper.
Anybody have these ?
Anybody want any seeds ?
Anybody wanna expand my vocabulary for me?
Murph
BTW I got that book, used, for 3 bucks. Small but has odd stuff.
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[NAFEX] Mystery Berry Positive ID,
Richard MURPHY, 09/06/2007
- Re: [NAFEX] Mystery Berry Positive ID, Lon J. Rombough, 09/07/2007
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