winberry

[rustylady]

I assumed winberry was a typo


Thea thought so too

Never assume

[northepaul]

I thought you meant wineberry - as in the japanese one!!

[zazen999]

Me three - it's those that are absolutely fantastic...like jewels. And taste lovely.

[rustylady]

But Japanese wineberries don't (as far as I know) grow wild on hills.

[Two_Sheds]

I bet they do on Japanese hills

[zazen999]

But Japanese wineberries don't (as far as I know) grow wild on hills.

They grow like brambles in the woodland area at work. I often nip out for a quick nibble. They really are beautiful little fruits.

[northepaul]

I've seen them advertised on ebay for about £8 a cane (bush?) and Mark Diacono (River Cottage) raves about them...

[SarrissUK]

Oooh they are called blueberries in Sweden! And they grow wild in the forests there too - I used to go with a lingonberry picker to pick both berries and my mum would reward me greatly
The flavour is similar, but much fuller, than the canadian type blueberries. They make the BEST crumble
They are blue all the way through, right? Oh this brings me back I'd love to get hold of some... in fact they do great in shaded areas... but at £8 per plant, I think I can live without lol

[green thing]

it's Vaccinium myrtillus
it has a very wide range of local names. bilberry blaeberry whortleberry,wimberry,winberry,whinberry, windberry
myrtle blueberry take your pick !
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it.s looks like a blueberry and is about half the size

[zazen999]

Oooh they are called blueberries in Sweden! And they grow wild in the forests there too - I used to go with a lingonberry picker to pick both berries and my mum would reward me greatly
The flavour is similar, but much fuller, than the canadian type blueberries. They make the BEST crumble
They are blue all the way through, right? Oh this brings me back I'd love to get hold of some... in fact they do great in shaded areas... but at £8 per plant, I think I can live without lol

It's Wineberries that Thea said were £8 a plant.

[SarrissUK]

Ooh I see! I'm guessing they're not commonly on sale anywhere - I did an online shopping search and found one... but for seeds, not plants. I live on the flats, so there are none around here. I guess it's a trip up north!

[Flummery]

They were a real treat when I was a lass and I knew before looking that the poster was in Lancshire! Vaccinium, yes, and they are hard to buy because they take forever and more to pick enough for a pie. My Nanna used to buy a pie's worth at the beginning of the season every year even though she was frugal enough to be called tight the rest of the year. Wonderful things. If I had enough of them I'd just fill the freezer with pies! As kids we used to love sticking our tongues out at each other because they went black.

[taff]

there are mountains full of them where i come from, they're a bugger to get to though...

[SarrissUK]

In Sweden they grow in the forests and my god there's lots of forest. I was lucky enough to grow up on a farm and my parents owned loads of woodland. Every year we'd go out picking them - they make a lovely squash, fantastic in crumbles and make a beautiful jam. I might have to consider moving up north lol

[northepaul]

Oooh they are called blueberries in Sweden! And they grow wild in the forests there too - I used to go with a lingonberry picker to pick both berries and my mum would reward me greatly

Do you actually mean bilberries?
Also if the Swedes call these blueberries, does that mean the jam from IKEA is actually bilberry/whinberry jam?