What kind of berries are these?

Chuck Gedraitis Knives

Chuck Gedraitis Knives

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So I was out fishing this evening and I come across some blueberry plants. The berries are blue, round but kinda short and fat, your typical blueberry. The plants were like 6-12 ft tall.

I also find these berries that look similar to blueberries but i'm not sure if that's what they are. I compared the leaves which are similar but the berries are more black and more round all the way around? I think that they are currants but i'm not sure.

Can anybody help me out? The ones on the left are the ones in question. I put some regular blueberries in the pic for comparison.


Thanks,
Chuck
 
If the leaves were the same as the blueberries, they're not currants. Here's a pic,

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They could be another variety of Blueberries, eat a handfull and get back to us if you're not dead in the morning...:D

J
 
I ate a few while I picked them and they Kinda tasted like a blueberry. It could be a different variety. I'll hopefully get back to you in the morning.
 
I think those are huckleberries, too. Are they "seedy"? Huckleberries tend to be a bit seedier than blueberries so you sometimes want to spit the seeds out when you eat them.
 
I second or third the opinion that they are huckleberries. I hadn't noticed that huckleberries had more seeds, but there are a lot of varieties so perhaps some varieties do have more seeds. For a second there I was worried that he had found some pokeberries which are very poisonous, but they grow on a plant that looks completely different from blueberries.
 
Though names are interchanged by some ,huckleberries have a few large seeds and blueberries have many very small seeds..There are many types of blueberries ; high bush, low bush etc. Now perhaps you experts can tell me what plant I have. Obviously in the blueberry family ,same in every way except that the berries are green and never turn blue !! They don't have any real taste either ???
 
Hey Guys...

CRF Took the words Right out of my Mouth!!!

Nothing like that should be eaten unless you know Exactly what they are..

There are some pretty nasty nice looking berrys out there...Get the wrong one and you are in a world of trouble...

Do it with Shrooms and you may not be around long....

ttyle

Eric
O/ST
 
mete said:
Though names are interchanged by some ,huckleberries have a few large seeds and blueberries have many very small seeds..There are many types of blueberries ; high bush, low bush etc. Now perhaps you experts can tell me what plant I have. Obviously in the blueberry family ,same in every way except that the berries are green and never turn blue !! They don't have any real taste either ???
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Gooseberries are green and are somewhat similar, but I don't think they grow wild where you are. Maybe what you have is a blueberry bush where something (or someone) is eating all the ripe fruit before you get there! :)
 
Slightly off topic:

Does anyone know of a mail order house that sells GOOD quality Huckleberry and Gooseberry jams?

Thanks!
 
Looks like some kind of blueberry/huckleberry variety. But those terms get thrown around so much as to be indistinguishable. They're all very similar - the floral remnant (the little flaps on the base where the flower used to be) is a pretty reliable identifier.

The hucks I picked as a kid in upstate New York were dark blue/almost black and had big seeds inside.

Out here in North Idaho the hucks are more reddish-purple than blue, they are not seedy at all and have a very unique tart character. Once you've had them store bought blues taste like candy - all sugar and no flavor.

The hucks out here also resist cultivation (you can relocate a bush/cutting but it won't fruit reliably) so it's all wild picked - current prices are about $30-40 a gallon. It takes a generous quart to make one good pie so pies are pretty spendy items.
 
Huckleberrys 100%. When I was a kid I used to have to go with my mom to a swamp where she would fill a 5 gallon bucket with them. I got so sick of seeing huckleberrys I'll never forget them. Makes a damn good pie though. :D
 
I always remember reading my SAS survival guide. If you think they're blueberries but they have thorns, don't eat. These are poisionous. Thats all I can say.

Scottman
 
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Striper28 did they look like this? There are 40 species, but the most common in the east is the black huckleberry Gaylussacia baccata.

By the way, I'll be at that PKA show in Denver.
 
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