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American cranberrybush · American elderberry · Apple (Malus pumila 'Haralred') · Apple (Malus pumila 'Honeycrisp') · Community Fruit Trees · Concord grape · Cornelian cherry dogwood · Gooseberry · Nanking cherry (Prunus tomentosa 'Graeberiana') · Pear · Plum · Raspberry · Saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia 'Fastigiata') · Strawberry
📍 Project Food Forest, 308 N Blue Mound Ave, Luverne, MN 56156, USA
🗓 Season: August · September · June · July · October · April · May
🔍 When is it ripe?
American elderberry: Blue-black berries in flat clusters; cook before eating. Ripe when uniformly dark blue-black and heavy. Also note: elderflowers in June are edible raw and excellent for cordial.
Cornelian cherry dogwood: Bright red olive-shaped berries. Very sour when first red — wait until they turn deep red and fall freely or can be shaken off. High in vitamin C. Good for jam, wine, and sauce.
Gooseberry: Unripe: small, hard, very tart (good for cooking). Ripe: translucent, slightly soft, and sweet — variety colour is red, yellow, or green. Ripe gooseberries come off the stalk easily and have a sweet aroma.
Pear: Unlike apples, pears ripen from the inside out. Harvest when the skin colour lightens and the fruit separates with a gentle upward twist. Ripen off the tree at room temperature — leave on a counter until the neck yields to thumb pressure.
Plum: Colour fully develops (purple, red, or yellow by variety) and a waxy bloom appears on the skin. Softens slightly at the tip. Taste-test for sweetness — European plums are better slightly soft; Japanese types can be harvested firmer.
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.
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.
Prairie Ally public food forest. Free. Open dawn to dusk daily. Projectfoodforest.org/prairieally
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