On 24/11/04 13:26, in article , "pk"
wrote:

Sacha wrote:
Hay anyone actually tried eating the berries of these. We have it
both flowering and berrying in the garden at the moment and the smell
is deliciously like strawberries when you crush the berries.
I've found a site that says they're edible and can be used in jellies
but I'm very cautious....... ;-)


http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/newsle...ctober2001.htm

Seems pretty unequivocal:

Ugni (Myrtus ugni)
This little berry is certainly gaining its fair share of attention lately.
Its the size of a large blueberry, has 5 times the flavour and makes the
most magnificent muffins you'll ever taste. And how do you know when to pick
it? - well you just walk outside into the garden and get bowled over by the
wonderful scent.

The scent is *terrific*. Last year, I was trying to figure out what it was
near our front door that had such a wonderful scent and never got to that.
Its flowers and berries are so small that I hadn't even thought of it. I
certainly don't see the berries as being the size of a large blueberry but
that might be because of soil, position, a not-very-good summer etc.

snip of very useful info. Thank you!
--

Sacha
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