On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 15:36:32 GMT, "M S Baker" wrote:

Where is you get them? They make one of the best pies you've ever eaten.


"NAearthMOM" wrote in message
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I just ordered some seeds from seed savers. I ordered some cherry plant
seeds
that are low to the ground. Anyone ever hear of these?

'Ground cherriy' may be a scruffy Prunus (fruit tree), but they are
regular trees, not low to the ground. Gooseberries are Ribes, related
to currants. 'Ground cherry' is also a name for Cape Gooseberry, a
Physalis related, as someone else has posted, to tomatillos and
Chinese lantern.

Looking this up, I realize I didn't make full use of my Cape
Gooseberries (Physalis peruviana). One site says they're high in
pectin and make good jam, and can also be dried into 'raisins.'

They're fascinating little critters. I just ate them as they fell off
the plant (they continue to ripen after dropping, and get sweeter as
time goes on).