To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] wintergreen berries
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 09:34:17 -0700
I bought a wintergreen plant (Gaultheria procumbens) at a farmers market
last weekend. The pinkish-red berries were the largest I have seen,
almost 3/4" diameter. They looked like cherries hanging on the small
bush. The guy selling them didn't know the berries were edible! Are
wintergreen berries this size unusual?
-Mark Lee, Seattle, zone 8