Gooseberries: berry picking with Bridget Jacobs, Joe Batt's Arm

Discussion of the gooseberry tree outside Bridget Jacobs' door. The berries turn dark when they are ripe and ready to eat. Gooseberries grow all over Fogo Island including Sandy Cove, Tilting. Crackerberry or cracker is the local name for the bunchberry, a dogwood (Cornus Canadensis). The bakea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Power, Maureen
Other Authors: Jacobs, Bridget
Format: Moving Image (Video)
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
Food
Knowledge of the land/water and environment
Gooseberries
Berries
Preserves
Newfoundland
Rubus chamaemorus
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/229
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Summary:Discussion of the gooseberry tree outside Bridget Jacobs' door. The berries turn dark when they are ripe and ready to eat. Gooseberries grow all over Fogo Island including Sandy Cove, Tilting. Crackerberry or cracker is the local name for the bunchberry, a dogwood (Cornus Canadensis). The bakeapple is the cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus). The partridgeberry is the mountain cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) or cowberry. (Waghorne, 1888)

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