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  • From: Scott Smith <scott@cs.jhu.edu>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Yumberry, Myrica rubra
  • Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 23:06:03 -0400


I have eaten this fruit in China and it is very good - I ate a whole bowl of them without stopping. They are fairly tart, and have a unique texture of little "tubes" all coming from the seed which gives it a very satisfying bite.

I saw the recent nice CRFG article which pointed out that Sheffields stocks the seeds. The tree needs lots of heat and humidity so Florida is about the only place in the US where is adapted.

If you don't get the CRFG article there was a shorter article in the NY Times also by Karp (registration but no payment required I believe):
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/dining/12yumb.html

Chiranjit, the "kaphal" (myrica nagi) you mention from India sounds potentially much better adapted for the US than the myrica rubra, but there don't seem to be any seeds available here.

Scott

Yesterday I spotted a bottle containing yumberry juice at the local supermarket. Apparently this juice just became available in the US last year and has now been added to some commercial products.

Also called wax myrtle, a google shows that this is Myrica rubra, called Yang Mei berry in/from China.

Does anyone grow this one? Are there sources of plants or seeds in the US? I'm not interested in growing as it would be too much of a challenge here, but am curious if this is a developing crop in the US and if anyone has experience with it.

Thanks

John





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