Also known as the highbush cranberry or mooseberry in other parts of North America, this berry is part of the Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family). It's sweetness lies somewhere between the partridgeberry and wild blueberry. Once considered the diet of supernaturals, this tart, glistening red berry is another northern table favorite.
Crowberries are extremely high in vitamin C, approximately twice that of blueberries. The Dene of Slave Lake gathered these berries to relieve thirst when no water was available. They are almost completely devoid of natural acid and their sweet flavor generally peaks after frost. The season usually begins in July and lasts until the first snow. The Inuit, of which these berries are a staple, call them, 'Fruit of the North.' Their flowers, male, female, or both sexes are purple-crimson, inconspicuous, and appear May to June. It is a light green, mat forming shrub which grows in areas similar to that of the partridgeberry. The crowberry, known in Newfoundland as a blackberry, is similar in appearance to a black partridgeberry or blueberry. These berries are extremely rich in vitamin C and contain few calories.Ĭrowberry (Empetrum nigrum). Bakeapples occupy a variety of moist northern tundra and peat bog habitats. They are generally ready for picking around mid August. The fruit is red when unripe and turns a soft golden orange at maturity. Male and female flowers grow seperately with each plant growing a single white, five petalled flower from the tip of the stem. Bakeapples are members of the rose family having close relatives such as the raspberry, blackberry, nagoonberry, and thimbleberry. The color is orange/yellow and grows one berry to a plant approximately 3-4" high. Others claim its unique delectableness is beyond compare. It is similar in appearance to a rather large raspberry and has what some say a distinct honey/apricot-like flavour. 'Bakeapple', anglicized from the French, 'baie qu'appelle.' meaning, 'what is this berry called.?', is internationally known as a 'Cloudberry'. These berries, picked by hand, are carefully processed without additives resulting in a quality product that is both distinctive and delicious.īakeapple (Cloudberry)(Rubus Chamaemorus). They are created using unique wild berries. All of our amazing Newfoundland wild berry products are made on the Great Northern Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.