09-06-2011, 03:19 PM
Went back again yesterday. Still some bushes full of green ones, some nice purple and reddish ones, and whole bushes were ripe but shriveled (either frost or lack of water I would guess). I can't tell if we are still at the middle of the season up there or nearing the end, but the cold nights may cause some berries to never ripen fully. And once they started to shrivel they just didn't have that huckleberry flavor like a nice juicy one.
So I'm torn. The ones we brought back this time are excellent, sweet and juicy and a little tart. And we had good ripe ones last time too, just a few of the big patches were on the redder side but still good. If I had known I was coming back and had saved the GPS coods I probably would have left the big patch, but they might have just as easily gone to waste by the time I made it back.
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So I'm torn. The ones we brought back this time are excellent, sweet and juicy and a little tart. And we had good ripe ones last time too, just a few of the big patches were on the redder side but still good. If I had known I was coming back and had saved the GPS coods I probably would have left the big patch, but they might have just as easily gone to waste by the time I made it back.
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