I used to make jars of jelly from both of these fruits years ago..and then I gave them away at Christmas time:)
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Sunday Stills : Fruit
The Sunday Stills challenge was fruit. I went to my archives for this one.
A Crabapple tree, ( Malus species) with some crabapples, you can preserve these..in some kind of sweet brine.. we called them candied crabapples..my Grandmother served them at Thanksgiving and Christmas. You can also cook them up and use the juice to make jelly. Typically birds eat them, especially the small ones..Crabapples vary in size from the size of a marble to the size of a golf ball. I took this photo at our daughters house in September of 2009.
Another good bird food is these chokecherries, ( Prunus virginiana). You can cook up these berries and use the juice to make Chokecherry Jelly. If you eat one of these berries before they are ripe, they are very unpleasant and sour..hence the name Chokecherry. I took this photo in our yard in September of 2009.
I used to make jars of jelly from both of these fruits years ago..and then I gave them away at Christmas time:)
I used to make jars of jelly from both of these fruits years ago..and then I gave them away at Christmas time:)
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Very nice shots. Fruit in nature. :)
ReplyDeleteVery pretty Autumn pictures Connie. I am not familiar with chokeberries, but I do love homemade crabapple jelly.
ReplyDeleteVery cool, love the second shot with the sun..:-)
ReplyDeleteThese pictures make we want summer to get here faster!
ReplyDeleteFunny how we're able to eat fruits that start with Choke and Crab. lol!
ReplyDeleteThe photos are wonderful!
~Lisa
Love the pop of color in the chokecherries shot.
ReplyDeleteYour post has left my mouth watering! The colors are beautiful...as is the blue summer sky...sigh...
ReplyDeleteWhat I would give for some sunshine!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots. The blue sky and sun, something we have only seen 4 or 5 times in the last 3 weeks. I know,its suppose to be about the fruit, but I just couldn't help myself.
ReplyDeleteThat second shot is really beautiful.
ReplyDeleteMy mom made the jelly out of the apples, but now I have yet to get a crop of chokecherries. The birds take them out before they get too far along.
ReplyDeleteLovely shots of some less common fruit, right on the tree, too!
ReplyDeleteThose peaches look so good in the dead of winter;) I still make chokecherry jelly and syrup.
ReplyDeleteI love chokecherry jelly and I've made my share of crabapple jelly too. Lovely photos.
ReplyDeleteI love the blue sky! I'm ready for fresh fruit!
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