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Black elderberry · Grape · Mulberry
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🔍 When is it ripe?
Black elderberry: Clusters of deep purple-black berries; cut entire clusters. Never eat raw — cook thoroughly (destroys sambunigrin). Ripe when all berries on the cluster are uniformly dark and the cluster droops. High in antioxidants; excellent syrup.
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.
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.
Along the fence line of the old Hoffman Concrete plant were the Red Jacket Trail meets up with the MN River Trail and the train tracks is about 8 or so young mulberry trees producing an abundant amount of fruit this year. (2013) There are also elder berry bushes and wild grapes on the hill leading up to tracks. there are some grapes along the fence closer to the river as well.
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