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["Jim Fruth" <jfruth@tds.net>]

Ginda asked, "Jim, what does the jelly look like?  What does it taste like?"

Ginda.
   Hawthorn Jelly is yellow with a slight brown cast but definitely more 
yellowish than brownish.  And what does it taste like?  Chicken.  "Chicken," 
is my standard answer to such a question.  Seriously though, it has a vague 
appleish taste, but not really.  It has a slight bit of sour that sugar 
cannot disguise, not a robust flavor, like raspberry or apricot jelly, but a 
more delicate flavor about as intense as peach but definitely more than more 
intense than pear jelly.  Ginda, that is about the best as I am able to 
describe it.


>    Reward: 3 jars of Hawthorn Jelly for coming up with a new name.
>
>    Remember back a few months ago when I posted about an apple named
> Keepsake that no one buys?  Then we changed the name to Duchess and it
> suddenly popular with the customers.  Now we've got a new dilemma:  I need 
> a
> new name for Hawthorn Jelly.  It is really delicious but no one buys it.
> Some customers won't even take it for free.  It is all about the name, but
> what?
>    This is how this contest works.  Send me your name suggestions.  We'll
> make a list and ask some of our customers, "Would you buy a jelly that is
> named___________?  Then we'll make up some labels, put the jelly on the
> shelf with its new name and see if it sells.  We have just begun our slow
> season so this could take a few months.  I'll let everyone know who won.
>
> Jim Fruth
> Brambleberry Farm
> Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
> For jams, jellies & syrups:
> www.bberryfarm.com
> (877)265-6856 [Store]
> (218)831-7018 [My Cell]