Please help me identify these berries

Jassun1997

10 years ago

I found these berries behind my house and I can't figure out what they are at first I thought they were blueberries but the berry and the leaves are slightly off any help would be nice I live in mid eastern Iowa

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mytime
10 years ago
Nothing like blueberries...looks like wild grape to me.
sewwht
10 years ago
They look like wild grapes. We used to make the best jam from them when I lived in Kansas many years ago.There was a small river and they grew along a fence line.

I am no expert, so you should not eat them until someone tells you for sure. If they are wild grapes, lucky you!
Maybe a neighbor would know, and others on gardenweb have more experience with wild berries than me.
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