03-16-2010, 11:29 AM
There is currently a research effort underway here in East Hawaii (CTAHR and USDA) to develop strains of Ohelo that can be home-grown for production so that people aren't going up and depriving Nene of their feed. We at White Cloud Nursery are participating, but it's a slog. We're just about to plant our first ones (not the USDA provided, but from a couple of berries picked up in a parking lot) out to see how they do in the ground at 1050'.
Background -- we used to make 5-gallon amounts of great wine in the Northwest from Blackberries, Raspberries and Strawberries. Would love to do so here, but our Jaboticaba is years from bearing fruit... Tired Lime wine, but it was a distasteful bust!
jane
Background -- we used to make 5-gallon amounts of great wine in the Northwest from Blackberries, Raspberries and Strawberries. Would love to do so here, but our Jaboticaba is years from bearing fruit... Tired Lime wine, but it was a distasteful bust!
jane