Hi kids;
I have been to Cape Cod 1000 times. Lucky me.
Beach Plum jelly is nice.
It does have a unique, but modest flavor.
The big deal is........ready....... it's from Cape Cod !!!!
It beats the hell out of a plate or an ash tray or a spoon, or other gift
shop fare.
At least I can spread it on my toast.
Cheers
Murph
PS With much respect, I shall mention the Thornton
Burgess Society on Cape Cod.
No CopperTone, no Flip
Flops............
It is the children's author
you are probably familiar with, and they have been making / selling jelly
(including Beach Plum) for almost 100 years. Check them out. This is Jelly Mecca
for our tourists.
Murph
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 10:50
AM
Subject: [NAFEX] Beach Plum in
Minnesota
Ernest Plutko wrote: "I see beach plum trees Prunus
Maritima for sale. Do
these have a
good taste and are they worth
buying? I'm wondering if they will
survive inland far from the
shore"
Ernest,
Here, at Brambleberry Farm, we get
visitors from the New England area
asking for Beach Plum Jelly.
Apparently they think Beach Plum grows
everywhere - 99% of the jelly we
sell is from Minnesota fruit. Several of
these would-be customers
have said that when they walk into a gift shop at
Martha's Vineyard, they
ask for Beach Plum Jelly. If that store doesn't
have it, they buy
nothing and go to another store.
So I found some Beach
Plums and made some jelly. We were underwhelmed.
Nothing
special. We wonder what all the fuss is about. It is good but
after tasting so many jellies, most 'berries' taste like.............most
other 'berries'. Compare that to some of our other jellies that have
a
flavor that 'comes out and grabs you.'
Trouble is,
we can't sell them a great tasting jelly unless we have
Beach Plum jelly
too (We sell 4 for $18.75). So, I found some bare-root
Beach Plum
seedlings. We bought them from the New Hampshire Department of
Conservation and planted them here in North Central Minnesota. Alot
of
folks told me they wouldn't survive here - We lost four out of 25 and
expect
out first crop of fruit in 2008.
Most of what
we plant here survives. Testament to that are Black
Raspberry,
Boysenberry, Mulberry, a few others and now, Beach Plum.
Jim
Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
For jams,
jellies & syrups:
www.bberryfarm.com
(877)265-6856
[Store]
(218)831-7018 [My Cell]
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