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[mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>]

Maria, for future reference, another way to harvest the berries is
actually prune off the fruiting branches & freeze them.  Then pull
them out of the freezer & thwack them on a hard surface.  It will also
help the trees be bushier & more productive...

~mIEKAL



On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Brungardt, Sam (MPCA)
<sam.brungardt@state.mn.us> wrote:
> There are instructions for expressing the juice from the berries and 
> subsequent handling at 
> http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu02/v5-393.html . -- Sam Brungardt, 
> St. Paul, Minn.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org 
> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Maria Schumann
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:48 AM
> To: North American Fruit Explorers
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] sea buckthorn
>
> Just picked a ton of sea berries at my friends house-- until it got
> too painful!  I'll have to wait until my tiny plants are big enough
> before I do the cutting off branches method.  Does anyone know how to
> extract the oil from the berries?
>
> and thanks Jim for the vinegar info-- maybe I'll try seaberry vinegar..
>
> Maria
>