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[MurphOnMillerAve]

Hi Mitch and all, when I saw that type of berry bush, as shown in this thread, when I was a boy in the McKeesport, PA area, I avoided them as anathema thinking they were Poison Sumac. !!

We did have plenty of Black Berry growing wild and harvested them by the bucket-full. We liked bopping them off each other's heads, too, for that wounded-warrior look. Splat!

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Hi Mitch and all, when I saw that type of berry bush, as shown in this thread, when I was a boy in the McKeesport, PA area, I avoided them as anathema thinking they were Poison Sumac. !!

I can relate to that thought, as we had lots of Sumac in MO and they sure looked a lot like that elderberry bush. Avoided Sumac like the plague fearing I might react to it like I did poison ivy.

BH

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Hi Mitch and all, when I saw that type of berry bush, as shown in this thread, when I was a boy in the McKeesport, PA area, I avoided them as anathema thinking they were Poison Sumac. !!

I can relate to that thought, as we had lots of Sumac in MO and they sure looked a lot like that elderberry bush. Avoided Sumac like the plague fearing I might react to it like I did poison ivy.

BH

Thanks, BH, I appreciate that underscoring of my memory of a childhood impression of those plants.

[rogruth]

There was a berry in eastern Ohio that looked a lot like elderberry but, if broken, it had a dark purple stain that would stay on your skin for days.
Same thing or different?

[HONDO74]

[Mitch]

Elderberry bushes only grow to about 6 to 8 feet tall, but they spread out, and the berries themselves grow out like an umbrella. That's the closest description I can tell you. When you cut a berry pod off and hold the stem in your hand facing up, the berries look just like and umbrella. Sumac berries grow in a clump, wider at the top and tapering to the bottom, sorta like a caricature of a big carrot. We had lots of sumac around too. As a matter of fact, both sumac and the elderberries grew on the same hill side.

To Hondo, yep, the jelly was sealed off in pint jars with about 3/8" to 1/2" deep wax. Mom bought the wax in 10 packs, each stick about 2 1/2" x 5" or so. Melt it in a pan and pour over the jelly or preserves, (yeah, she did cherry preserves, too), let cool and stick 'em on the shelves with the other canning products.
I sure miss those days of home made jellies, preserves, home made ketchup, canned peaches, pears, and apples. My wife still cans, but just tomatoes, peaches, pears and apples. She don't do jelly.

And before I forget, didja ever eat mulberries? We had a mulberry tree right beside the garage. Dad cut it down 'cause it made such a mess with smashed berries all over the ground, and bird berry crap all over the cars. But, my brother lives at that homestead yet, and another mulberry tree came up near on top of the original. Mulberries, (late in the season), are really good. Full of sugar. Make good jellies and most likely would make good wine, but we didn't make wine.

[HONDO74]

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[Roy]

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[MurphOnMillerAve]

And Will Phillips, there, should be sure to leave that photo of himself on the random car note so anybody with a heartbeat would know exactly what was up with that mouth-agape "dude" being involved. And I have a feeling - juuuuuussssst a theory - that that boy needs to spend a whole lot less time @TheThryll .

[Rufus T. Firefly]

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Where are you finding these posts? I've never seen a larger selection of punks that need their a**ss kicked in my life. Certainly doesn't help the BP either.

BH

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[robert.]

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