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Sat, Jul 24, 10 at 18:49
| Ok so while doing a search for the same thing I already apparantly tried to find out 2 years ago, I came across my old thread here. So I'm re-posting with more info and this time pics!!!
The bushes are about 12-18" tall and there are a few that are approx. 4-5 feet tall. All have the same dark berry on them, and before there ripe, they're green. I'm not 100% on the flower color but I want to say I'm pretty certain they were white. The bushes grow in a wooded area, and right now there are tons of ripe fruits. I'm hoping there edible so I've come here to hopefully break the mystery to what I have exactly growing in my yard! I welcome all suggestions, so fire away! ;)      |
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I forgot to add the pics of the berries I cut open so you can see the color of the flesh and seeds.   |
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| Huckleberries or some folks just call them blueberries. I like them better than blueberries, great for baking and I think they bruise less easily than blueberries. |
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| Huckleberries. They have 10 larger hard seeds where blue berries are small and numerous. If you have a 10x magnifing glass you can look on the underside of the leave and see gold diamond shapes. I have huckleberry bushes all over my woods, some are blue and some dark almost blackish. I've used them in muffins and pound cakes. Donna Mae |
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| Hi there Donna! Thanks for the tip with the magnifying glass--I'll have to check that out. As far as the seeds go, do they generally always have 10 seeds? I guess I have to cut open a couple more and start counting. I do know that they do have a crunch to them (yes, I tried one just to see if it had any hint of a blueberry taste). But I didn't want to just guess that it was a huckleberry based on the crunch of the seeds inside ;) Donna - do you by any chance have a pic of your bushes and berries so I could compare, especially since we live sort of in the same area? |
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| o7sugar, I don't have any pics, sorry. The link is the type of huckleberry I have in my yard. More bluish than what you have. There are many different spieces as is with blueberries. I had never seen huckleberries until I moved here so I did some research before using them. There is also a low bush huckleberry that is more black, like what you are showing. The leaves on your plant seem slightly different than my bushes too. Here's a link with some info on black huckleberries.http://everything2.com/title/Huckleberry The berries in my yard have 10 very hard seeds. I made muffins with them, definatly adds a crunch, not to crazy about that. Donna Mae |
Here is a link that might be useful: Huckleberry
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