Re: Amelachier fruit

I grew up in West Virginia and we couldn't wait for the Amelanchier 
fruit to ripen.   We would eat them right off the tree, have them with
milk and sugar or bake them in just about anything we could.  We
loved them.....
Robin,
easter PA   zone 6

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ruth Bogan" <rbogan@mindspring.com>
To: <woodyplants@mallorn.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 6:58 AM
Subject: Amelachier fruit


> Last week I was walking across the Rutgers campus where I work, when I
> came across a colleague who was harvesting ripe fruit from an
> Amelanchier shrub. He told me he freezes the blueberry-sized fruit and
> uses them in breads and cobblers. He offered me a couple to try. They
> were quite tasty, very sweet. I have grown Amelanchier in my yard in
> Illinois when I lived there. Up to now I had never heard about eating
> the fruit. Does anyone out there harvest Amelanchier fruit?
>  
> Ruth
> Central New Jersey 
> 
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