John has some and while we've been house/garden/pet sitting we've been nibbling a few. To me, they taste a lot like the autumn olives. I use those for syrup. It's closely related. They are just a tad bit bigger, but if you have the autumn olive growing near you i probably wouldn't bother.

Thanks Tammy, I have read that goumi though related is not invasive like the Autumn Olive. That's one thing I've never grabbed at any of our swaps due to that issue. I just don't have the room nor the energy to fight it. I think I might like to try one of the cultivar goumis.

Since it's everywhere hereabouts i assumed it was the same out your way. But if you don't have it around, i'd get a goumi. I'm a bit skeptical that it isn't invasive, tho, since birds like those fruit, too.

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This year they have an impressive crop of berries but in years past they were not worth growing. The flavor is something you need to do something with - eaten out of hand they taste pretty much like autumn olive, kinda sour and tangy. Made into syrup they are mighty good.

They root easily from cuttings. I have two types, got one to be the pollinator for the other (which has bigger berries) but the wild autumn olives are doing the job for me.