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Apple (Malus) · Arrowwood viburnum · Ash · Beaked hazel · Beech · Blackberry · Checkerberry · Crabapple · Curly dock · Dandelion · Dewberry · Dogwood · Eastern hemlock · Eastern white pine · Goldenrod · Guelder-rose · Japanese barberry · Maple · Milkweed · Nannyberry · Northern red oak · Plantain (Plantago) · Raspberry · Red clover · Rose · Spotted jewelweed · Staghorn sumac · Strawberry · Wild carrot · Wood sorrel
📍 42 Twin Ponds Dr, Falmouth, ME 04105, USA
🗓 Season: August · September · October · November · July · June · April · May
🔍 When is it ripe?
Apple (Malus): Background skin colour shifts from green toward yellow; seeds turn brown when ripe. Fruit separates from the spur with a gentle upward twist. Aroma develops near the base. Wild Malus fruit is often small and tart — excellent for cider and jelly.
Blackberry: Fully black (not red or dark red) and comes off the stem with no resistance — zero pull. Dull rather than shiny; a shiny black berry is still slightly underripe and tart. Eat the same day for best flavour.
Crabapple: Small apples ripen from green to red, yellow, or orange by variety. Very tart raw but excellent for jelly and cider. Ripe when the colour is fully developed and the fruit lifts off with a gentle twist.
Dewberry: Like a smaller blackberry on a trailing cane. Fully black and separates easily. A waxy bloom on ripe berries. Ripe before blackberries in most areas.
Guelder-rose: Clusters of translucent red berries. Mildly toxic raw — can cause nausea. Must be cooked for jelly or juice. Ripe when glossy red and slightly translucent.
Japanese barberry: Small red berries on spiny branches. Edible but very tart — best cooked. Ripe when uniformly red.
Raspberry: Deep red (or gold/yellow for golden varieties) and slides off the receptacle — the hollow centre is the tell. Does not pull: a ripe raspberry separates at a touch. Extremely fragile; use within hours of picking.
Rose: Rose hips (swollen seed pods) ripen to red or orange after flowering. Pick when fully coloured and slightly soft. Remove the seeds and hairs inside (irritating). Very high in vitamin C; excellent for syrup, tea, and jelly. Leave some for birds in winter.
Staghorn sumac: Deep red, fuzzy, cone-shaped seed clusters. Ripe in August–September. Soak clusters in cold water for 20–30 minutes, strain, and sweeten for pink 'sumac lemonade'. Very high in vitamin C. Do not confuse with white-berried poison sumac (wetlands, white berries = avoid).
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.
Joe Pyeweed
Frosted Hawthorn
Spotted smartweed and other polygonum
Various rattlesnake root plants
Silky dogwood
Sweet fern
Purple loosestrife
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