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Asian pear · Blueberry · Chinese hawthorn · Evergreen huckleberry · Jujube · Mulberry · Persimmon · Redcurrant · Strawberry · Sweet pea
📍 Campus Food Forest, 18115 Campus Way NE, Bothell, WA 98011, USA
🗓 Season: August · September · October · July · May · June · November · April
🔍 When is it ripe?
Asian pear: Round, yellow-bronze skin. Unlike European pears, eat when still firm — they do not soften at room temperature. Ripe when colour develops fully and a sweet fragrance is detectable. Crisp, juicy flesh.
Blueberry: Deep blue-purple with a silvery bloom; stem scar (not stem) at the top. Taste is the best test — a truly ripe blueberry is sweet and has no pink flesh inside. Let the cluster go fully blue before picking the whole thing.
Mulberry: Ripe when fully coloured (white, red, or black by species) and falls at a touch. Spread a sheet and shake the branches. Extremely perishable — process or eat immediately.
Persimmon: Non-astringent types: eat when orange and firm. Astringent types: wait until very soft and wrinkled. Both fully orange when ripe.
Strawberry: Uniformly red with no white or green at the tip or shoulder. Strong strawberry fragrance even from a distance. Cap leaves (calyx) are fresh and green. Completely red flesh inside when cut. Wild strawberries are smaller but more intensely flavoured.
This is a college "Food Forest" open to anyone moving through campus. There are all kinds of foods available throughout the year.
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