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Apple (Malus) · Black raspberry · Grape · Sawtooth blackberry · Shagbark hickory
📍 1809 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
🗓 Season: August · September · October · November · June · July
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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.
Black raspberry: Deep purple-black, duller than blackberries. Separates from the hollow core like a red raspberry. Richer, more intense flavour than red raspberry. Short season — harvest daily.
Grape: Berries fully coloured and slightly soft. Stem where it joins the bunch turns woody and brown. Seeds easily visible inside. Sweet throughout when fully ripe — taste from different parts of the cluster as they ripen unevenly. Grapes do not continue ripening after harvest.
Shagbark hickory: Thick green husk splits into four sections when ripe. Nuts fall; gather from the ground. Rich, sweet, buttery flavour — worth the effort of cracking the very hard shell. Dry for 2–3 weeks.
Lots of black raspberries and some blackberries and grapes line the edges of this park, more can be found along the rail trail.
There is at least one apple tree in the park, though I have yet to try the apples.
There are 3 big shagbark hickory trees in the park as well. If you can get some before the squirrels do, the nuts are delicious.
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