[NatureNS] Juniper Berries

Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 09:07:29 -0300
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         I was intrigued by the report that the Ironworks Distillery 
in Lunenburg had enlisted "local foragers to hunt for juniper berries 
in the wild to produce its own gin". (Chronicle Herald, 26 March., 
p.C3; "Distiller scours the berry patch")  I think only the Common 
Juniper, Juniperus communis, has fruits that can be used for 
gin.  It's a low-growing, nearly prostrate shrub here, and doesn't 
reach the taller shrub/tree size that it does in other areas.  I 
would think it would take a lot of foraging in abandoned fields and 
rocky hillsides to collect a significant number of fruits, but I 
don't really know what quantities would be required.  Does anybody 
have any thoughts on this?

         Cheers,

         Patricia L. Chalmers
         Halifax  
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>I was intrigued
by the report that the Ironworks Distillery in Lunenburg had enlisted
&quot;local foragers to hunt for juniper berries in the wild to produce
its own gin&quot;. (Chronicle Herald, 26 March., p.C3; &quot;Distiller
scours the berry patch&quot;)&nbsp; I think only the Common Juniper,
Juniperus communis, has fruits that can be used for gin.&nbsp; It's a
low-growing, nearly prostrate shrub here, and doesn't reach the taller
shrub/tree size that it does in other areas.&nbsp; I would think it would
take a lot of foraging in abandoned fields and rocky hillsides to collect
a significant number of fruits, but I don't really know what quantities
would be required.&nbsp; Does anybody have any thoughts on this?<br><br>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Cheers,<br>
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<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Patricia
L. Chalmers<br>
<x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>Halifax
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