"Charles Turner" wrote
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Hi,

I've been given 2 Huckleberry Plants. Can anyone let me know how best to
grow them?

They're in pots at the moment, but would they be suitable for planting out
in our allotment? What do they eventually grow to? Do you get berries, are
they edible?

Thanks in advance.


Gillian

Oooooyeaaaah! You lucky thing. I had bought some seed whilst living in
Oxford and the plant grows out rather large, you get berries but if picked
too early (even if soft to the feel) like most fruit the result is still a
bit bitter and you have to add more sugar to the result when cooking.

Apart from that I found the taste to be a creamy version of
blackcurrant/raspberry and any other delicious mix but think of ice cream
ripple.


Look up the recipe for huckleberry pie such as;
http://venus.spaceports.com/~jrjeff/huckleberrypie.htm

and....

Huckleberry Finn!

Save some for the rest of us in the group.

Richard.