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Joan
Belfield, ND (Zone 4a)
 July 13, 2002 11:42 PM Post #35843
| This bush has been on the edge of our property since I moved here 12 years ago. This is the first time I've ever seen it put out berries though. It's about 4 foot tall and loses it's leaves in the winter. Any idea what it is? 
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tiG
Newnan, GA (Zone 8a)
July 13, 2002 11:45 PM Post #301894
| highbushcranberry viburnum?? |
Joan
Belfield, ND (Zone 4a)
July 13, 2002 11:50 PM Post #301899
| I was wondering if it was maybe some type of cranberry. I'll check that one out. Thanks
I don't think it's the high bush cranberry vibernum. What I just read about them says that the fruits are in clusters and hard and sour until frost. These fruits aren't really in clusters I don't think, and are soft.
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MaVieRose
High Desert, CA (Zone 8a)
July 13, 2002 11:54 PM Post #301903
| url to support tiG ID ... http://www.ag.usask.ca/cofa/departments/hort/hortinfo/fruit/...
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Joan
Belfield, ND (Zone 4a)
July 13, 2002 11:59 PM Post #301909
| Thanks MaVieRose, what I read at that site said each fruit has one flattened seed. I'm going to go check and see if these have that. What's confusing is that the fruit is definitely ripe and soft now. Both places I've looked said the fruit doesn't get soft until after a frost. |
Joan
Belfield, ND (Zone 4a)
July 14, 2002 12:03 AM Post #301912
| Yep, it has one slightly flattened seed in each berry. I picked a few, but still a little scared to taste them in case they are something else. LOL! |
MaVieRose
High Desert, CA (Zone 8a)
July 14, 2002 12:24 AM Post #301922
| u're welcome Joan :). one site i read recommend it for some kind of herbal remedy of sort... http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/viereck/viereckhighbush.html
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Joan
Belfield, ND (Zone 4a)
July 14, 2002 12:49 AM Post #301935
| Now I'm thinking the leaves look more like poison baneberry? Some of the fruits are in clusters, but on some branches,the fruit is single and growing out of the stem by a leaf. I think I'm going to treat it as a poisonous plant until I can possitively identify it. |
MaVieRose
High Desert, CA (Zone 8a)
July 14, 2002 12:53 AM Post #301936
| here's more photo image ... http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=hi... |
Joan
Belfield, ND (Zone 4a)
July 14, 2002 1:02 AM Post #301942
| Looking closer at those pictures, I can definitely tell that the leaves on my bush are much different from the ones in the pictures. The ones in the pictures appear to be three-lobed, and the ones on my bush aren't. They are only a single.
P.S. I hope it doesn't appear that I'm trying to be difficult. I just want to make very sure that it's not a poisonous plant with poisonous berries. We have many animals and although our kids are growing up, we will have grandbabies running around someday.
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motts1
south central, WI (Zone 5a)
July 14, 2002 2:39 AM Post #302076
| Joan, Check out Nanking cherry, I think that is what yours is or Hanson Bush cherry--they would be ripening now in your area. I think the Nanking has the more "pleated leaves than the Hanson- both are edible for people-if you can fight off the orioles, robins, catbirds etc. |
motts1
south central, WI (Zone 5a)
July 14, 2002 2:46 AM Post #302083
| Joan, check nanking cherry on Google and look at the 8th entry or http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/aginfo/trees I think you will find it there ( Hansons are tastier to me!!) |
Joan
Belfield, ND (Zone 4a)
July 14, 2002 4:15 AM Post #302156
| I am almost sure now that it's a nanking cherry. I made this decision from this site. http://www.mpelectric.com/treebook/fact84.html
Thanks Marcia, MavieRose and tiG! If I'm still wrong, please correct me.
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