WILD FRUIT CALENDAR
GENERALIZED HARVEST CALENDAR for U.S. Mid-Atlantic Region
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JANUARY ash, mountain greenbrier, smilax partridgeberry rose hip, various species wintergreen, American |
FEBRUARY partridgeberry rose hip, various species wintergreen, American
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MARCH |
APRIL
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MAY
strawberry, indian
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JUNE
apricot blueberry currant gooseberry honeysuckle, mountain fly juneberry mulberry raspberry strawberry, indian wineberry
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JULY
apricot blackberry blueberry cherry cherry, cornelian currant dewberry gooseberry ground cherry strawberry, indian peach may apple (must be ripe!) strawberry (all varieties) wineberry
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AUGUST
apple, crab beach plum blackberry black nightshade blueberry carrion, smilax chokeberry (less astringent later) cherry, cornelian cherry, black elderberry grape ground cherry hawthorn (many varieties) huckleberry plum, American, wild indian strawberry snowberry, creeping staghorn sumac strawberry, indian viburnum, cranberry |
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SEPTEMBER
apple, crab autumn olive barberry beach plum black nightshade chokeberry cherry, cornelian cherry, black cranberry grape ground cherry hackberry hawthorn (many varieties) highbush cranberry kiwi, hardy kousa dogwood lemon (trifoliate orange) paper mulberry partridgeberry pawpaw plum, American, wild pokeberry prickly pear rose hip snowberry, creeping spice bush strawberry, indian viburnum, cranberry yew berry (seed toxic) |
OCTOBER
autumn olive barberry beautyberry cherry, cornelian chokeberry false solomon’s seal/ false spikenard grape hackberry hawthorn (many varieties) kousa dogwood lemon (trifoliate orange) maypop/passion fruit paper mulberry partridgeberry pawpaw persimmon pokeberry porcelain berry prickly pear rose hip, various species russian olive spice bush viburnum, black haw viburnum, cranberry viburnum, nannyberry wintergreen, American yew berry (seed toxic) |
NOVEMBER
apple, crab autumn olive beautyberry chokeberry hackberry hawthorn (many varieties) lemon (trifoliate orange) maypop/passion fruit mountain ash nannyberry partridgeberry paper mulberry pear, callery (pick when brown) persimmon porcelain berry quince red juneberry, ballerina rose hip, various species viburnum, black haw viburnum, nannyberry wintergreen, American yew berry (seed toxic)
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DECEMBER
ash, mountain autumn olive hawthorn (many varieties) chokeberry partridgeberry persimmon rose hip, various species wintergreen, American |