Wild berry report

[Nighthiker]

Wild berrys ready yet ? Leaving soon to co camping and taking a hand crank ice cream machine, would like to add some wild berries

[Tough_Boots]

I imagine I'll be scheduling a hike along East Webber soon So many berries you don't even have to pack a lunch

[Dschur]

I thought all the major plants along the rim are blackberries... the difference is when you take them off the vine the raspberries leave a core on the vine and the blackberries aren't hollow inside... http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-Raspberries ... ries-Apart Have always called them blackberries...

[big_load]

I've seen actual raspberries on the Peaks. I saw some in SE UT, too, but I haven't seen many elsewhere in AZ.

[paulhubbard]

I remember finding wild strawberries on the SF Peaks when I was younger.

[big_load]

I remember finding wild strawberries on the SF Peaks when I was younger.

The vines are everywhere up there, but I didn't see any blooms yet.

[Nighthiker]

Thanks' Dschur for the link, not sure if the ones at Tonto Natural Bridge are wild plants or domesticated, all I know some are red and black on the same plant though I think the black ones were red but turned.

[Dschur]

yep the red are the unripen ones they are sour! Used to hide in them at the Girl Scout camp.. had a councilor hunt and I would take my book and foam mattress and hide... and we used to make homemade icecream with them... only thing is they turned the icecream grey but really was good...

[FOTG]

Breaking News: Here is an up to the minute wild berry report for Mount Baldy and Primitive Blue Range ;)

First attachment some nice strawberries along trail starting around 11,000 Mount Baldy.

Not near as many raspberries along trails in that 8,000 foot range I thought they would be, its either still a little too early, or I am a little too late as in bear have got to already?? but disappointing..

[azbackpackr]

The entire time I lived near Mt. Baldy (14 years) the locals complained that the berries were terrible these past many years, but that when they were kids they picked a lot of berries and their mothers put up a lot of jars of jam.

[big_load]

Raspberries are still a week away here. I ate a few of the early openers, and they were definitely not ready. At least I got in ahead of the bears.