We love chokecherry jam and syrup. As a family we go out and find wild chokecherries and pick enough so that Teresa can bottle enough jam and syrup for a couple years. Its kind of fun to pick the berries but it can also be tedious.
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| The girls picking |
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| Hal and Quinn |
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| This is what they look like. Notice that they are in clusters like grapes. Also the ripe ones are dark purple. Red berries are not ripe. In any case if you eat them they will pucker up your mouth. Hence the name chokecherries. After processing though it is a delicious flavor. |
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| Wild Rose Hips. We don't pick them but you could eat them as well. |
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