I'm just about finished with June Berry and Black Currant. I will get a few more bags of Black Currant and then Goose Berry will be next month most likely. I have 30 bags full so far. These are wild berries that are scattered alnog wood draws and along the creek. The late frosts hurt the crop big time. Just a third of what I should of got those year.

Drought has effected our blueberry harvest. Next week is 4 weeks behind last year harvest start.

Black raspberries almost done

Been picking Saskatoon berries like crazy the last few days. Tomorrow me and the family are going to the strawberry farm to pick a bunch! I think we’re picking 15 gallons tomorrow.

'bout a gallon of blackberries and almost 2 gallons of hucks so far. Will probably pick one more 1/2 gallon of hucks and call it good for the year. That will get me through until next year.

I was very disappointed in the June Berry/Serviceberry crop this year. Frost got me big time. I'm going to plant some trees next spring and I'm in the processes right now fencing off an area.

Very small crop of Black caps, hardly any gooseberries, the Mullberries were also a disappointing. The Elderberries appear to be good. Also the Blackberries are a little late but seem to be plentiful.

The summer raspberries are just starting here. I have a garden in town and I’m getting some. All the rain seems to be pushing the crop to ripen berries much earlier than normal, though I really don’t like the flavor yet. All of ours go into jam.

Our berry crop has been decent so far and the flavor is ok as well.

Don't have much for wild berries in my area. The currents are ready to pick and I usually take about 203 quarts to mix with tart cherries and some rhubarb to make some tart dessert mixes for my ice cream and some maple syrup and brown sugar to make a few pints of jam.

Bryce

Raspberries all gone. Can start blueberries any day. About 25% are ripe now.

The salmon berries and blueberries are the best in 5 years! Put away a gallon and a half of salmon berries and 3 and a half gallons of blueberries so far. Hope to get some more blueberries and then see how the highbush and lowbush cranberries are later.

Beautiful patch of berries! Are those wild or is that a patch you got started??

What are salmon berries? Sorry for the stupid question.

The huckleberries were thick but the heat discouraged us from going. Got quite a few in a couple days anyway. On my 3rd custard pie and bin in freezer is full of frozen ones!

Another stupid question? Wife was wondering whats a salmon berry taste like?

The boy picked the ones along the woodline in the yard not too many plants but enough for him to be pleased and enough for us to get a couple jars of jam.

Me too. Thanks.

Both patches are wild. We don't grow or cultivate as there are usually enough around.



Salmon berries are what we call cloud berries. They are similar in shape as a raspberry but usually larger and much more full in shape. Typically we find one berry per plant and the berry faces the sky. The plants are short growing about 4-8 inches tall.



Flavor is difficult to describe. It is more juicy that most berries and when ripe is quite soft and easily broken when picking. Some have compared them to raspberries though I think they are more tart/tangy with a hint of sweetness if eaten raw. They are loaded with large seeds that are difficult at best to chew so you can either try to spit them out or swallow the seeds whole. Seeds are bigger than any blackberry but smaller than a chokecherry. We use ours for jelly.

Thanks, Bfisch.