Talk:Cranberry
From Academic Kids
If they're uniquely native to the United States, how does one explain their presence in the bogs near Ottawa and Kingston in Canada? I drove by some wild ones at the side of the road just yesterday. Are they an introduced species this far north? -- Paul Drye
- oh, *I'd* cut it on the grounds of an offensive use of the word 'uniquely'. --MichaelTinkler
Okay, how bout
- uniquely native to the the north American continent
I think Crannies where introduced to Canada and mid-west US well after cultivating in MA got going. It you know for sure pls make changes or corrections.
- how about 'native to the Whatever'. --MichaelTinkler, who hates hates hates the word 'unique' in all its manifestations.
The plant only grows in one area of the planet, under unusual conditions (wet, sandy bogs), doesn't that make it unique to that area ?
- Cranberries were found all over northern North America (wherever bogs are found) when the Europeam settlers arrived. More than likely the native inbabitants greatly enlarged the range of the plant. --- hajhouse
- FYI, Cranberries are native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere, including Britain, Scandinavia, and the whole of Russia, as well as Canada and parts of the US. - MPF
Is that one sassaman, two sassamanash? -phma
I think they grow them here in WA and also in Oregon -- don't know if they're native, though. We have Lingonberries, too -- They aren't native! Useful info? I think not! JHK
White Cranberries
Anybody happen to know anything about white cranberries? I frequently see "white cranberry" juice for sale, but I do not know whether this refers to:
- A separate species of cranberry
- Juice made from colorless berries sorted apart from the red ones thatgrow on the same bushes
- A marketing term for a colorless liquid that happens to taste like cranberries
Anybody know?
I am a cranberry grower in Bandon, Oregon and I can answer this one for you.
The answer is ----- Juice made from colorless berries sorted apart from the red ones that grow on the same vines. And --- as needed, some cranberry bogs are picked very early before the cranberries turn red. They aren't really "white" but more green. Simply put... they aren't really ripe yet. The good news is: they have the same nutritional value as ripe ones and they don't stain.
Hope this helps! If anyone else has any questions, I'd be more than happy to answer them.
