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American gooseberry · Black mulberry · Black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) · Chokecherry
📍 2052 Whispering Meadow Dr, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
🗓 Season: June · July · August
🔍 When is it ripe?
Black mulberry: Deep purple-black when ripe; intensely flavoured and juicy. Spread a tarp and shake the tree — ripe fruits fall immediately. Stains everything permanently — wear old clothes. Do not pick unripe red berries (mildly hallucinogenic).
Black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis): Deep purple-black; pulls free from the hollow centre. Strongly flavoured. Picks over about two weeks — check every couple of days.
Chokecherry: Small clusters ripen from red to very dark purple-black. Intensely astringent until fully dark; seeds and leaves contain hydrocyanic acid — cook or dry before eating in quantity. Best for jams and syrups.
Multiple mulberry trees, chokecherry trees, black caps (raspberries) and at least one gooseberry plant along the trail. There is a lot of poison ivy as well, so be careful if you venture off the trail.
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