WildHuckleberry.com is owned and operated by
Malcolm and Sandy Dell
PO Box 2374
Orofino, Idaho, 83544.
For information about huckleberries, contact Malcolm at (208) 874-3509
For information about this website, contact Sandy at (208) 790-2804
To email, send to Malcolm or Sandy Dell at:
HuckleberryAssociation@gmail.com
Best wishes, and happy pickin’!
Malcolm and Sandy
I live in North Georgia. Back when my parents were growing up they said they enjoyed wild huckleberry bushes. They are not around this area anymore. I would love to have some plants for the berries to cook with. I have no idea what variety would grow in this area. I would appreciate any help you could give me.
Thanks so much,
Tina Brown
Hi Tina, I would suggest that you contact your local county extension agent who could help you find out which varieties of huckleberries would grow best in your area.
I am looking for nurseries that sell about 50 Vaccinium Membranaceum (western mountain huckleberry)
Loretta,
Did you try any of the nurseries listed here: http://wildhuckleberry.com/huckleberry-resources/buy-huckleberry-plants/
There may be some more nurseries I don’t know about.
I am so disappointed to see that you sell those rakes. Do you know that they destroy the plants? Please do not sell them!
Thanks, Anita for reaching out with your concerns.
Unfortunately, the information you expressed in your comment is untrue! Huckleberry rakes DO NOT destroy huckleberry plants! There are several posts and discussion on this website about this issue. We have also included various videos showing the use of huckleberry rakes which show that they do not damage the plants.
I assume you (as well as many others) are not aware that the development and use of huckleberry rakes were widely practiced by the Native Americans of this area. And that a similar picking device is used in the blueberry industry as well.
We have done numerous testing over the years to make sure this was not a viable issue BEFORE we even offered the rakes for sale. We even contacted Dr. Dan Barney, known as Dr. Huckleberry (retired from the UI Research Center in Sandpoint), who is an expert on huckleberries about this very concern. He endorses the use of picking rakes with no reservations.
If you would like some references, check out the following:
Information and quotes from Dr. Barney (along with a resource that describes the development of the original picking rakes): http://wildhuckleberry.com/wild-huckleberry-picking-myths/
Videos on the use of huckleberry rakes: http://www.huckleberrypicker.com/
For a long time (several years), we offered a reward to anyone who could provide documentation (pictures, videos) that rakes damaged huckleberry plants. Not one person responded!!
Having said that, huckleberry rakes are not for everyone. If you feel more comfortable, picking by hand, please do so. But rest assured, that huckleberry rakes do not damage and certain do not destroy huckleberry bushes. We have made our living for years from the huckleberry industry: Making and selling huckleberry products (including huckleberry rakes). If rakes truly destroyed plants, we would have been out of business many years ago.
Thanks for, once again, allowing me to respond to this myth that is still floating around.
Trying to locate huckleberries in NYC? Any thoughts?
I am sorry, Susan. I don’t know of anyone in New York who might have huckleberries. But, I do know that Northwest Wild Foods ships huckleberries. You can find them here: http://www.nwwildfoods.com/.
Good luck!
Hi, I am next door (Montana).
I have huckleberries bushes on my property that are mixed in with snowberry brush and others. I was wondering if clearing away other brush from huckleberries would help the huckleberries spread and grow? Thanks!
I live in southern Maine, zone 5. I’m looking for a good, reliable source to buy native black huckleberry plants, gaylussacia baccata, for my edible native plant garden. Thank you.
My biggest problem with huckleberry rake users are that they take ALL the berries; ripe and green and leave NOTHING behind. So selfish.
Allison, huckleberry picking rakes are designed with the correctly spaced tines that only pick the ripe berries. When used correctly, the smaller, unripe green berries pass through the tines undamaged. Of course, as with picking by hand, you may occasionally pick a green berry, but that is the exception. I suggest you read through some of the material on the website about picking rakes before you make any incorrect claims about them.