Featured Fruit – Nagoonberry

Found in Northern Alaska in shady thickets, meadows, and stream sides. If you aren’t lucky enough to grow your own nagoonberries or find them in the wild, you can replace them with raspberries or strawberries in this recipe for trail cookies.   Nagoonberry Hardtack (Taken from the Alaska Wildberry Guide and Cookbook.) 4 cups nagoonberries…

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Nagoonberry Trial

Nagoonberry Trial By Mark Wolbers   In the summer of 2010, I planted a test plot of arctic raspberries (Rubus arcticus L. subsp.x stellarcticus) also known as nagoonberries. I ordered three cultivated varieties developed in a Swedish breeding program to assess vigor, flowers, fruit size and production. The varieties tested are sold under the names…

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