the flowering one June 7 2017
Ribes lacustre
Grossulariaceae, gooseberry family
ribes - acid tasting
lacustre- growing along ponds and lakes
The berry is very sticky and not my favorite to pick, but of its abundance and guaranteed good crop, it is a welcome addition to my harvest. It is to me not very tasty raw, But delicious as a juice. I made juice one year when the berries were covered with Fireweed fluff. Most years I make jam, which I mix with Black Currants and/or Raspberries and this year even Strawberries, which all grow in the Black Currant patch I pick.
On August 10 and 11 2008, we picked 4 litres of the above mix. Made delicious jam, using less then half white sugar, boiling it for at the most 10 min.
I call this a Gooseberry, i find it along roads and power lines. Semi-wet and semi-shaded.
At the end of August I made jam with just those berries. And it turned out very good, resembling black currant jam.
1 comment:
Wow! Thank you for the great photos. We have boatloads of R. hudsonianum in our backyard. They make the most complex flavored jellies and Cassis or Solbaerom liquers. I was cruising the net for info. on Rubus arcticus and look where I wound up!!
Another arctician like me.
Brooke Heppinstall
Palmer, Alaska
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