Cranberry is one of the most useful natural gifts, because there are many vitamins and nutrients in its composition. This wild berry is used in cooking, for the treatment of diseases and infections, to restore immunity.
Cranberry General Information
Cranberries is a shrub with bright red fruits. A feature of the plant is a small stem that can vertically hold. The berry is divided into different types, depending on the habitat:
- Ordinary view. This evergreen shrub can be found in Eurasia. The shoots of the fluttering plants in the swamps and the hopes reach 80 cm, and the leaves are 100 mm. The flowering period The end of the spring is the beginning of the summer, collect the crop at the beginning of autumn.
- Small-forming appearance. The length of the shoots is 30 cm. It grows mainly in the tundra and northern swamps.
- Large-door. Growing in America and Canada. The diameter of the berry is 2.5 cm. This type is the basis for breeding large varieties.
Berry collection is carried out manually and using the combine. Thanks to this, the harvest can be collected on a large scale. - Hybrid. Released in America.
Berry is a capricious plant that grows in environmentally friendly conditions and on fertile soils. The home grade appeared quite recently, the conditions for its cultivation are less demanding.
Wild cranberries grow where a person does not lead economic activities. Therefore, to find it this useful product, you need to go a long distance.
How does the berry grow?
According to the legend of the Indians, this berry grows in places of shed blood of the giants, that is, where they fought. This is partly the truth, because the berry grows in peat, sphagnum and tundra swamps, whose age is up to 400 million.
The plant is normally developing in the presence of sufficient lighting and access to clean water. The berry will not grow in an ecologically unfavorable place, so it is impossible to find it near the residential settlements. The roots of the plant adapt to soils with any mineral composition, producing nutrients. Perfect is the more acidic soil.
Cranberry forms rugs from shoots, scattered in MSh. "Palestics" from cranberries can be placed on decent distances from each other.
Ripening period of berries
Cranberry is kept by September - October. It is also capable of wintering. Frost does not harm her, and even on the contrary, it contributes to the accumulation of sugar. The composition of the berry depends on where the plant grows and the collection period.
- Summer white berry and solid consistency. Over time, it ripes, gaining a large amount of acid and not sufficient sugar. As a result of the summer collection, the berry is not delicious and not juicy. The unworthy plant includes a smaller amount of nutrient components, as a result of which the product is quickly spoiled.
According to experienced gardeners, it is necessary to collect fruits a dark purple shade. Such cranberries contains the maximum concentration of active substances.
- Spring harvest, which survived the winter, includes vitamin C, as well as a large amount of pectin. This is very important for the use of the product in confectionery purposes.
- The autumn berry skin contains active microorganisms that activate the fermentation process. Such a product is ideal for wine production.
- Spring berry has an understated percentage of acid. During this period, it is strong, so it needs to be collected extremely neatly. It is also poorly stored, as at the summer collection. The best transportability indicators with the autumn harvest collection.
- Spring collection is limited by the state of the swamp. In the autumn period, the fluid is less, which reduces the likelihood of bodging. Dangerous swamp can be hidden behind the shrub, so you need to face the ground with a long stick.
Berries are more convenient to assemble a special scallicle from wood and metal. Thus, it is easier to find the berry under the leaves.
Storage of berries
Store cranberry needed according to the following technology:
- Rise berries, eliminating damaged.
- Wash the product using soda and clean water without the use of detergents.
- Sleep into glass and enamel containers that are not fully filled.
- Pour cold water over cranberries for several centimeters. Capacity cover with parchment paper and tie a harness.
- Store in the basement or cellar.
Cranberry grows in taiga forests with marsh terrain. Here you can often meet the cleaner from plants with red beads. But when collecting berries, you need to be careful, because this berry prefers swamps with a quagger. The harvest period is extensive: in summer, before frosts and after them. After the snow cover melts the berry gets the best taste.
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