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What type of berries?

mylife
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mylife
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What type of berries?
7/20/2017 at 7:54 AM

Last night we went for a drive and found these delicious berries. They taste kind of like jelly. Can anyone tell me what they are? I've added a photo.
JANOLE

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7/20/2017 at 8:09 AM

If its the picture posted on the main page it looks like Highbush Cranberries to me.
JoBeth

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Nanking cherries
7/20/2017 at 8:54 AM

They look like Nanking Cherries to me. My mom used to make jelly with these. So good.
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question?
7/20/2017 at 9:16 AM

Why would you eat berries if you didn't know what they were?
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7/20/2017 at 10:18 AM

Viv said "Why would you eat berries if you didn't know what they were? "

Exactly!
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7/20/2017 at 10:26 AM

Viv said "Why would you eat berries if you didn't know what they were? "

I was thinking the same thing....lol! I know there are specific things to look for to tell if a berry is poisonous, but still, if you don't know what it is for sure, I wouldn't be testing it out.

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Abbysmum

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lol, i thought that too

7/20/2017 at 10:44 AM

Jellybean said "

Viv said "Why would you eat berries if you didn't know what they were? "

I was thinking the same thing....lol! I know there are specific things to look for to tell if a berry is poisonous, but still, if you don't know what it is for sure, I wouldn't be testing it out. "

I was wondering the same thing.

From as far as I can tell, it's not anything that is recognized as a wild edible berry in Manitoba. It's definiately not highbush cranberry (the leaf shape is wrong). It's also not a nanking cherry (also doesn't grow as drupes, but as single berries) or currants (leaf shape is wrong). It's also not a chokecherry (wrong colour) or a pincherry (wrong leaves again).

Here's a list of the edible berries in Manitoba. I didn't see any candidates on the list, but maybe someone will have better luck than I. http://www.naturenorth.com/summer/fruits/Ffruits2.html

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7/20/2017 at 11:44 AM

Just looked at the picture. It's a wild raspberry, we have them at the lake. They are most definitely edible.
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maybe
7/20/2017 at 11:48 AM

Could it be red currants. They make good jelly.
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Yes
7/20/2017 at 12:48 PM

adc said "Just looked at the picture. It's a wild raspberry, we have them at the lake. They are most definitely edible. "

Just looked again...Definitely raspberries.
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7/20/2017 at 1:04 PM

OMG don't EVER eat berries that you can't identify, many are poisonous. Having said that, I agree with others here, these ones look like wild raspberries.
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Better look again
7/20/2017 at 2:53 PM

JoBeth said "

adc said "Just looked at the picture. It's a wild raspberry, we have them at the lake. They are most definitely edible. "

Just looked again...Definitely raspberries. "

cause they are definitely not raspberries. Also not Nanking cherries too small. Cranberries or chokecherries are definitely not to tasty.
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7/20/2017 at 2:58 PM

Nagoon berry? Also known as arctic raspberry. Were there any flowers present?

Edited by Jellybean, 2017-07-20 15:00:06

JoBeth

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Maybe you better look again.

7/20/2017 at 3:29 PM

Blade said "

JoBeth said "

adc said "Just looked at the picture. It's a wild raspberry, we have them at the lake. They are most definitely edible. "

Just looked again...Definitely raspberries. "

cause they are definitely not raspberries. Also not Nanking cherries too small. Cranberries or chokecherries are definitely not to tasty. "

Sure look like raspberries.

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hmm
7/20/2017 at 3:37 PM

They look like rubus parvifolius
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7/20/2017 at 4:43 PM

RMWK said "They look like rubus parvifolius "

wrong shape of leaf I think, and even the berry looks quite different.
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7/20/2017 at 10:03 PM

Ok how are we all ignoring what is obviously the quote of the day here? "They taste kind of like jelly". Huh?! Jelly is not its own flavour! Jelly tastes like the fruit it is made from. Also, the OP has not responded, so it's fairly clear at this point, that the berry later tasted like burning, and they won't be eating anymore of them.
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7/20/2017 at 10:06 PM

Also, it's an early stage Guatemalan Turnip. Not native to this area. Don't bother looking it up, it's super rare and the people down at the internet haven't got around to writing about it yet. Crazy poisonous, though...
mylife
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hahaha
7/20/2017 at 10:22 PM

Nope I'm still quite alive thanks...as is my husband who was the one to eat the berries after I told him not to because they may be poisonous. He said that the berries are quite sweet. At first we thought they were wild raspberries but when we looked closer decided they probably weren't. Can't recall if there were flowers present. There are several of these plants growing along one of our fence lines.
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hahaha
7/20/2017 at 10:56 PM

Love the Simpson's reference!

Photo added.
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7/21/2017 at 7:26 AM

They look like pincherries to me. And they are delicious.
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Sorry Jo Beth
7/21/2017 at 7:57 AM

but number one answer is pin cherries.
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Berries
7/21/2017 at 8:34 AM

These threads are fun.
For anyone on the pincherry side of the fence, If you do a Google image search can you find any example where the leafs on pincherry look like what's in OPs pic (pronounced jagged edges)? I didnt spend a ton of time but anything I've been able to dig up has pincherry leafs looking quite different from the pic, much smoother and more like what you'd see on a cherry tree that one would walk out of a nursery in Brandon with.

So far this pic of a wild raspberry is closest I've seen (5th image down):
http://www.pbase.com/fwg/fwg_blog_june_2009

A couple questions for the OP:
- when I look at the pic and see four or five little round guys all together are they four or five separate little round berries or are they a part of one berry similar to how a raspberry or blackberry would be? I.e. In your whole pic is that 2 "berries" or like 10? I'm pretty sure I know the answer because there look to only be 2 stems, but it would help settle the pincherry debate.
- can you post one more pic that shows a little more of the plant/foliage?

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7/21/2017 at 8:42 AM

Adam said "
These threads are fun.
For anyone on the pincherry side of the fence, If you do a Google image search can you find any example where the leafs on pincherry look like what's in OPs pic (pronounced jagged edges)? I didnt spend a ton of time but anything I've been able to dig up has pincherry leafs looking quite different from the pic, much smoother and more like what you'd see on a cherry tree that one would walk out of a nursery in Brandon with.

So far this pic of a wild raspberry is closest I've seen (5th image down):
http://www.pbase.com/fwg/fwg_blog_june_2009

A couple questions for the OP:
- when I look at the pic and see four or five little round guys all together are they four or five separate little round berries or are they a part of one berry similar to how a raspberry or blackberry would be? I.e. In your whole pic is that 2 "berries" or like 10? I'm pretty sure I know the answer because there look to only be 2 stems, but it would help settle the pincherry debate.
- can you post one more pic that shows a little more of the plant/foliage?
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yep, that's what I was going to say. Not a pincherry. The leaf is different and event he fruit looks totally different.

I have posted a pic of the arctic raspberry I was mentioning in my previous post. That is the closest thing that I could find that looked like the OP's photo. I think it is definitely narrowed down to some kind of wild raspberry.

mylife
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Wild Rasberries
7/21/2017 at 12:15 PM

The fruit is very similar to a blackberry, little bubbles of fruit that make up one berry. Looking at Adams picture I think it is a wild raspberry.