To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Chokecherries
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 17:35:13 -0500
I have many Chokecherry (P. virginiana)
on my land; I have eaten them fresh (quite bitter), made jelly and wine of
them; they are not poisonous. I would call chockcherry a large bush
rather than a tree. I believe the leaves and pits are poisonous
though.
> I just learned that I have a chokecherry among the trees on my new
acreage. > I did a quick Google search on them and found little
information, other than > the berries are poisonous to humans. Yet,
there were also listings for > chokecherry jelly and wine for sale.
Obviously, the berries aren't killing > people so what is the story?
Are chokecherries edible and are they good for > more than feeding the
local wildlife? > Doreen Howard > > >
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