Harald und Margit Wedig wrote:
Greetings from the netherlands to all of you!You may already have this data from Cornucopia: Sourcebook of Edible Plants (which, if you haven't got, is a must have title for every Pcist's bookshelf and can be ordered from the Permaculture Activist) which lists 6 cultivars of Cornus Mas as follows:
Can someone tell me names of sweet varieties of Cornus mas
They sound very yummy. I wish I had direct experience, but that will have to wait 'til my crop comes in. I, too, would like to hear from folks who have actually tasted any of these cultivars.
and Mahonia aquifolium.Cornucopia lists 6 species of Mahonia (no cultivars) of which I have sampled only the longleaf oregon grape (M. nervosa), which was tasty but very sour. I have also sampled fruit from M. lomariifolia which tasted pretty much the same.
I am interested in your own experience with the fruit and not what you
have read about it;
if you ever ate normal Mahonia aquifolium berries because you read
somewhere that they are tasty, you will know what I mean:-)
I have knowlegde about some interesting species and varieties, that I
collected in eastern Germany and other east European countries.
I would love to hear from you
Harald Wedig
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