Mountain Ash Jelly

[Durgan]

http://www.durgan.org/ShortURL/?QUZMN 4 September 2008 Mountain Ash Jelly

Mountain Ash Jelly. If it is good enough for a Newfie, it should satisfy most.

[Denninmi]

Durgan, have you made this yet? Or, are planning to do so. I see that it says to pick the berries AFTER frost -- perhaps that would help to "blet" them and make them somewhat less astringent/bitter.

Keep us posted if you do this. I would like to experiment with this myself, as I always have a bumper crop of these berrries from my two trees most years.

Dennis
SE Michigan

[Durgan]

Durgan, have you made this yet? Or, are planning to do so. I see that it says to pick the berries AFTER frost -- perhaps that would help to "blet" them and make them somewhat less astringent/bitter.

Keep us posted if you do this. I would like to experiment with this myself, as I always have a bumper crop of these berrries from my two trees most years.

Dennis
SE Michigan


I haven't done it yet, but my Mountain Ash is covered in berries, all I need is the crab apples, which may be difficult to come by, since this generation is onto more exotic food. Crab apples use to be one of my childhood favorite preserved fruit for desert, when we had such. But other apples can be used, also it might just work with Quincy, and both are in season simultaneously, and I have both in my yard.

[Denninmi]

Durgan, I think pretty much ANY sourish apple would work just fine, and I'm sure, if your neighborhood is like mine, there are probably plenty of ornamental crabs around which would work as well. But, I think the flowering quince ("Quincy") would also make a fine jelly/jam ingredient -- they're very fragrant when ripe.

I wish I could send agricultural products into Canada, I'd pop some of my crabapples into an express mail box and send 'em to you if I could, I've got some really nice ones about the size of large marbles just beginning to ripen. Alas, the rules forbid it. If you ever want some interesting seeds, though, let me know -- THOSE we can send.

Dennis
SE Michigan

[bluelacedredhead]

Pssst, Durgan. There's a classy term for Mtn Ash preserves. It's called Rowanberry Jelly. Keeps people wondering what a Rowanberry is. Maybe it's named after Port Rowan? Home of the Tomato Fest :)

[Durgan]

Pssst, Durgan. There's a classy term for Mtn Ash preserves. It's called Rowanberry Jelly. Keeps people wondering what a Rowanberry is. Maybe it's named after Port Rowan? Home of the Tomato Fest :)

Sorbus aucuparia Rowan Tree. European Mountain Ash

(Sorbus decora) Showy mountain-ash

Sorbus americana American Mountain Ash


The English call all sorbus a Rowan tree. Now for a lesson in frustration try sorting the three varieties. I have the (Sorbus decora) showy mountain-ash growing in my backward, and I suspect most in backyard gardens are of this variety.

[Pharmerphil]

wow, If the wife see's this I'll be climbin a ladder fer sure