ENJOY BUSH FRUITS AND BERRIES Gardeners can get a double bar reled benefit out of “berry bushes” that might be associated with their forest lands. The first benefit centers on the family fun of a berry picking expedition; the second will come when the berries are eaten in a pie, on cereal or “just plain.” Check the edges of woodlands, clearings in the forest, old fence JULY 26, 1997 A Special Section Recognizing The Northeast Dairy Farm Beautification Annual Winners For 1997 rows or areas around old buildings for species such as wild raspber ries, wild blueberries and huckle berries, blackberries and elderber ries. Wild berries are smaller and “seedier" than their domestic counterparts but they are also un surpassed for flavor. A few points will make your ex pedition more pleasant First be sure you’ve identified the berries as edible, non-edible types do ex ist in Pennsylvania. Wear appro SPECIAL SUMMER ISSUES priate clothing. Slack*, leather boots or hiking shoe* and a long sleeved shirt will provide pro tection from briars and biting insects. Use insect repellent Nothing is qM«»e as annoying as swatting a mosquito and spilling the berries in the process. After your hike, check for ticks. Be on the lookout for snakes. Make a normal-amount of noise and they will get out of your way. Finally, watth out for members of your family that “pick into their mouth instead of into the bucket.” There’s one in every family. They eat all the berries they pick and re turn home and also cat the ones you picked on their cereal. If no woodland berries picking exists in your ateif, •bush fruits (brambles) may be a good addi tion to your family’s garden. Fresh raspberries, blackberries, goose berries and currants are becoming more difficult to buy. Brambles can provide fruits for jams, jellies, wines and pines. The fruits can Advertisement Deadline - Thursday, July 17 G PROGRESS DAYS Pre-Show Exhibitors And Dairy Features AUGUST 9. 1997 Advertisement Due Thursday, July 31, 1997 I * mil also be frozen. Many garden locations ate suited for grossing bush fruits. The kind of bush fruit varieties that ap pear to be the best for Pennsylva nia summer gardens include: Black Raspberry: Bristol. Cumberland, Jewel, Allen, Dun dee. Haul and Blackhawk. Red Raspberry, Canby, Boyne, Re veille and Newburgh. Purple Raspberry: Brandywine and Roy alty. Yellow Raspberry: Tall Gold and Goldie. The currants and gooseberries generally begin bearing in three years while the other bush fruit may bear the second year. The time period between planting and setting fruit will vary by the kinds and varieties of bush fruits. GetMOOOvm' Owith Milk! ra&Ay’fanWfa-MhmUyraiy friww The avenge annual fruit yield per plant it about VA quarts or more for blackberries and raspber ries. The plants will bear for 6 to 12 years. About 5 quarts of fruit can be harvested from currants and gooseberry plants over a 10- to 20-year span. For a free bramble on Enjoying Freezing or Canning Bramble Berries, contact us at (717) 840-7408. The brochure lists nutrition information, purchasing and storage tips, selecting varie ties and recipes like fresh berry pie, velvet berry custard pie and berry ice cream. Any questions regarding the above article can be addressed to Tom Becker. Penn State Coopera tive Extension at (717) 840-7408. YES! ft ROSENBERRY STOVES (717) 532-9023 tttfdNEGUN-KIKTI r jfll CONCRETE I PUMPING SERVICE • Sidewinder 45 Concrete Pump^*Up^r o 40 Cubic Yonto Per Hour a