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Himalayan blackberry · Salmonberry · Thimbleberry
📍 Airport Dr at Canterbury Ln, Marietta-Alderwood, WA 98225, USA
🗓 Season: July · August · September · June
🔍 When is it ripe?
Himalayan blackberry: Large, fully black berries. Same cues as common blackberry: comes free easily, no red core, dull rather than shiny. Vigorous canes — protect arms when harvesting.
Thimbleberry: Flat, dome-shaped, brilliant red berries. Very delicate — falls apart when fully ripe. Eat on the spot; does not travel. Ripe when uniformly red and separates without effort.
Readily accessible on roadside between bus stop and retaining fence (100yds or so). Many easy to reach, some need to lean over or step into shallow, mostly dry drainage ditch. Also a few salmonberry and thimbleberry treats hiding among the blackberries! Have picked during lunch breaks and in the daylight evenings for years without any grief (except from mosquitos). Lots of quiet homeless campers scattered in the wild space behind so try to respect their privacy and not cut or dig too far into the brush for berries, and bring a little bag to collect trash while you're there. <3
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