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["Jim Fruth" <jimfruth@charter.net>]

   I have bought "Wonder Berry" and "Garden Nightshade" seed from nurseries 
finding both to be inedible raw and almost inedible cooked.  Neither 
resemble the "wild" Solanum nigrum that has a pleasant raw taste.  Two 
problems with S. nigrum is their small size and, like gooseberries, the 
stems stay on the berry when picked.
   I once talked to a fellow from the St. Paul Campus of the University of 
Minnesota who said they have a variety of S. nigrum that yields larger 
berries (2X to 3X the size of the wild type) that they use for Genetics 
studies.  If you could obtain some of that seed, it might be worth growing.

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
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