nootka
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Hi, all!
My husband brought these home from a friend's house yesterday. He had a sprig of leaves but I thought I'd post a pic of the fruit to see if anyone knows the true name. A neighbor of ours had these when I was a small child and I used to love/hate to eat them...if you've tasted them you know why. Now I wonder were they poisonous? *LOL* I didn't seem to have any ill effects from them.
The people that had the tree-sized bush didn't know what it was, have owned the property for 65+ years and understood that a Chinese immigrant planted them which he had brought with him by rail in the 1800s.
They are uber-sour, these ones, but the others from my childhood seemed a little more sweetish in contrast with a strange texture. They are about half an inch to an inch long and fragile with a jellyish consistency. The pit is long, pointed, ivory colored and has grooves in it.
Hope you can clear up the mystery...
THANKS!
Liz
My husband brought these home from a friend's house yesterday. He had a sprig of leaves but I thought I'd post a pic of the fruit to see if anyone knows the true name. A neighbor of ours had these when I was a small child and I used to love/hate to eat them...if you've tasted them you know why. Now I wonder were they poisonous? *LOL* I didn't seem to have any ill effects from them.
The people that had the tree-sized bush didn't know what it was, have owned the property for 65+ years and understood that a Chinese immigrant planted them which he had brought with him by rail in the 1800s.
They are uber-sour, these ones, but the others from my childhood seemed a little more sweetish in contrast with a strange texture. They are about half an inch to an inch long and fragile with a jellyish consistency. The pit is long, pointed, ivory colored and has grooves in it.
Hope you can clear up the mystery...
THANKS!
Liz