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["Joe Boles" <jo.bo@rogers.com>]

I have gathered it in the wild and had my wife make it into jelly. The jelly tastes like dirty socks.

 

    Joe

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From: jfruth@tds.net

To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org

Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 9:44 AM

Subject: [NAFEX] Seeking Highbush Cranberry Knowledge

   Some references call it Viburnum trilobum, others V. opulus.  Some stands of it have bitter fruit.  Some are sweet(ish) and others smell like dirty socks.  Am I experiencing different varieties?  Are the differences environmental?  Highbush Cranberry is becoming a popular landscape tree and there are likely more folks who are asking the same questions.  Others and I are trying to make a palatable jelly with it.  What has been your experience?

Jim Fruth