From: "V. Michael Bove, Jr." <vmb@teakettlefarm.com>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] Duchesnea indica "Harlequin"?
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 21:18:15 -0500
The new Thompson & Morgan catalog lists seed for a variegated Indian
Strawberry that is described as bearing "edible red fruit, similar to
Alpine." My recollection from a childhood backyard full of un-
pedigreed Indian Strawberry was that the fruit was "edible" in the
same sense that styrofoam is edible, though with much less flavor.
Does anyone know anything about Harlequin, or have you run across any
Duchesnea fruit that is actually _worth_ eating?
Given the ineradicable-without-thermonuclear-weapons nature of the
stuff, I wouldn't plant it in any case, but I'm still curious. Thanks.
Michael Bove
Teakettle Farm, Z6 (MA/RI border)
[NAFEX] Duchesnea indica "Harlequin"?,
V. Michael Bove, Jr., 01/03/2011