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Ava recently appeared on WNYC's "All Things Considered" with Amy Eddings (93.9 FM) to discuss summer wineberries. She was a judge for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Greenest Block in Brooklyn 2011 contest. You can find her Urban Forager column every other Saturday on the New York Times City Room site or by using the links below.Summer
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Summer Wineberries
Staten Island, NY. Love this summer fruit, which I just wrote about for the Urban Forager (“wineberries“). Tart, juicy, and thimble-shaped, wineberries taste like a blood orange infused with a shot of raspberry. Because the temps have been so ferocious … Continue reading
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Tagged berries, berry, Rubus phoenicolasius, Urban Forager, urban foraging, wild berries, wild food, Wine raspberry, wineberries, wineberry
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Black Raspberries
Brooklyn, NY. Just found these little beauties in Prospect Park. It’s going to take a few more days before they darken up to a deep purple and completely ripen. I’m looking forward to checking on this Rubus occidentalis next week. … Continue reading
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Mulberry Season
Brooklyn, NY. The Morus trees are heavy with berries right now, and if you’re lucky the tree nearest you is bearing ripe fruit. Mulberries make a great jam as I discovered yesterday, foisting some mulberry-balsamic preserves on friends who fawned … Continue reading
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Tagged berries, berry, Morus, Morus alba, Morus rubra, mulberries, mulberry, Urban Forager
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