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HARDYBUFFALO BERRY15 SEEDSWINEJELLYJAMShepherdia, **GROWN HERE ON OUR FARM IN TENNESSEE!** *Shepherdia canadensis* *BUFFALO BERRY* . "Quite unique". I "LOVE" plants that can be neglected and still thrive well. Detailed Description... Leaf: Alternate, simple, elliptical to ovate, entire margins, 1 to 2 inches long, somewhat thickened dark green above with numerous silvery white scales, silvery white below with red-brown scales. Edible parts of Buffalo Berry: Fruit - raw or cooked. The fruit can also be dried and used like currants. A tart but pleasant flavour even before a frost, it becomes sweeter after frosts. Another report says that the fruit is bitter and is dried, smoked or pressed into cakes. The fruit was a favourite treat of the North American Indians, they would beat it in an equal quantity of water until a foam with a consistency of beaten eggs was formed. It was important that the berries were not allowed to come into contact with anything greasy since this would prevent it becoming foamy. The foam would then be flavoured with a sweet food such as cooked quamash bulbs or other fruits and then served as a special treat in feasts etc. The taste is bitter sweet! though it normally grows on one. Nowadays sugar is used to sweeten it and the confection is called "Indian ice cream". The fruit is about 5mm in diameter Flower: Dioecious; male and female flowers both light yellow-green, small (1/6 inch) and inconspicuous, appearing in early spring. Fruit: A bright red drupe-like achene, 1/3 inch long and somewhat elongated, generally with a few silvery scales, ripen in mid to late summer and often occur in great abundance. Twig: Slender, light brown and covered in numerous reddish brown, scruffy scales; buds stalked with valvate scales, flower buds more round. Bark: Shiny reddish gray Form: A small shrub reaching up to 6 feet in height ZONES 2-10 WE OFFER COMBINE SHIPPING ALL OVER THE WORLD!!!!!