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Tips on Growing Huckleberries
The Wild Huckleberry Association’s favorite resource on growing huckleberries is Dr. Dan Barney’s Book: Growing Western Huckleberries (link to book or pdf file is listed near the bottom of our Resource Page.) Once in awhile, we run across a article with some excellent tips on growing huckleberries. One such article, by Amy Grant, is from […]
Winter Snow in Huckleberry Country
While many of us in huckleberry country are still digging out from one of the snowiest winters, I am wondering what impact the snow will have on the huckleberry crop this summer. Here are some excerpts on the impact of weather on huckleberries: Huckleberries purple gold by Laura Roady Each year’s huckleberry crop depends on […]
Everything You Want to Know about Huckleberries
As you know, we have tons of information about huckleberries on this site — especially about the huckleberries grown in the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Northwest region. But we may not have EVERYTHING you want to know about huckleberries! But, believe it or not, there is some interesting information about huckleberry on Wikipedia Following is […]
What are Mummified Huckleberries?
A reader recently posted the following question on our website concerning mummified huckleberries: … We have many red huckleberry and evergreen huckleberry bushes in our woods (in Washington). I have noticed mummies in the e.h. plants–a local blueberry farmer expressed surprise that mummification had migrated to the wild. Do you know if that is common, […]
Interview with Dr. Barney
Although Dr. Barney is not currently propagating and growing huckleberries, he is still considered the expert on the subject and giving interviews to interested parties. We are fortunate to have a written copy of his interview with Kristina Johnson who is a food and agriculture reporter: 1. Where does domestication of the berries stand now? […]
Update on Huckleberry Grower
From our friend Joe Culbreth who is a huckleberry grower in Rathdrum, Idaho. This is the email I received from Joe last spring: We here at Berry & Nut Farm are not a research center for huckleberries, but are are growing huckleberries. We started our huckleberry field in 2010, which now, consist of about 1 […]
Dr Barney Interview, Part Two
Continuation of the interview with Dr Danny Barney on the western huckleberry: 5. Why did you choose to pursue domesticating the huckleberry and why did you stop? Dr Barney: Being a native of Idaho, I grew up picking huckleberries in late summer and autumn, as did my father, grandfather, and their grandfathers. The fruit is […]
Dr Barney Interview on the Western Huckleberry
Recently, Dr. Danny L Barney was interviewed by Jenna Pittaway, journalism student at the University of Southern California, who is researching the huckleberry for a possible documentary. Here are his responses to questions relating to western huckleberries: 1. What does it mean to be domesticated and why is the huckleberry considered undomesticated? Dr Barney: Western […]
Update on Dr. Barney’s Huckleberry Research
Many of you know of Dr. Dan Barney’s huckleberry research. If not, the International Wild Huckleberry Association followed his research until the UI closed his center in 2010 (See Dr. Barney’s Research). Dr. Barney research, since 2004 (as documented on our site), resulted in finding successful methods to propagate the wild huckleberry from the norther […]
