Hi, I wasnt able to email you ( you dont have an email link on your member page so have to hope you will see this ). Not sure if you found the seeds you were looking for but thought I would post anyway . Gardens North sell bakeapple seeds 25 seeds for $4.25 Right now on Gardens North , most of their seeds are 50 percent off including the bakeapple seeds which now cost $2.12 for 25 seeds plus shipping (not sure about taxes if you are outside of Ontario ). Hope this helps Signet

Hello, Last year I was desperately seeking Cloudberry seeds (Rubus chamaemorus). I am still looking to acquire some. I have heard August is when the Bakeapples/Cloudberries are picked. I know Canadians cannot swap plants with the USA through the mail, but seeds are OK. Here is how far I have gotten: I have received a small amout of seed from a germplasm bank and the origin is Russia. I received some seed from a kind woman in Norway. I took the Norway seed, and tried two sprouting methods with it, but I received them late, so the winter sowing didn't work. The Russian seeds came with instructions, but I have more Norway seeds, so I want to work with them until I get it right. This is one of my most challenging gardening projects ever. Each year I try something new, and a "challenge" plant. I think this one will be at least another year before I get it right. At present, I live in Massachusetts. My husband and I plan to retire in Maine, so we will be one of the "cold" or "short season" gardeners. We may even end up further South than some Canadian Garden Web members! In any case, I am building up my stock of plants--especially from the Rubus genus to have enough to start a small berry farm when we get to Maine. One of my goals is to introduce people to native berries that are unfamiliar to most people. I have big goals, but not unattainable ones. The Cloudberry figures big in those goals. If anyone is going picking, and makes something of the berries (the seeds are large for a raspberry and are not eaten), would you mind saving and sending the seeds to me? I will trade seeds I have, or other items such as earring I make or whatever we can come to an agreement on as a fair trade. For anyone in the US, I would love tha plants or seeds. I plan to make posts on multiple forums. I have a place already prepared for them, and Rubus grows extremely well in my yard--lots of wild ones. I am also looking for crowberry, lowbush blueberry, lingonberry. Can anyone help me? Thanks so much! Robin

Hello Xikum, I'm sorry you are still having a hard time finding the wonderful Bilberry plant. I strongly recommend calling the Horizon Herb Company for this plant. They can be reached at (541) 846-6704 by phone. Horizon Herbs has Bilberry plants several years old and ready to produce fruit. Also, the Hartmann Plant Company at this link still has them available. They list them under the name "Eagle Bilberry" because Bilberries help night vision. I just checked it out myself: http://hartmannsplantcompany.com/miva/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=BB-R-7600-0400&Category_Code=&Store_Code=HPC Hartmann's phone number is: (269) 253-4281. I personally will not deal with Hartmann's because they would not take my inquiry about whether their plants are organic and/or genetically modified seriously. They even made it obvious they were brushing it off as an unimportant request. There is another source I just discovered by the name of Sand Mountain Herbs on the internet as: http://www.sandmountainherbs.com/bilberry.html They still sell the seeds but they seem to have sold out of their plants until the Fall of 2008. You may have to wait a few months is all it means. Hopefully, this will help and you will have your Bilberry plant very soon. You MUST contact these suppliers directly to get proper satisfaction. Happy Gardening, Anthony

Hello, Last year I was desperately seeking Cloudberry seeds (Rubus chamaemorus). I am still looking to acquire some. I have heard August is when the Bakeapples/Cloudberries are picked. I know Canadians cannot swap plants with the USA through the mail, but seeds are OK. Here is how far I have gotten: I have received a small amout of seed from a germplasm bank and the origin is Russia. I received some seed from a kind woman in Norway. I took the Norway seed, and tried two sprouting methods with it, but I received them late, so the winter sowing didn't work. The Russian seeds came with instructions, but I have more Norway seeds, so I want to work with them until I get it right. This is one of my most challenging gardening projects ever. Each year I try something new, and a "challenge" plant. I think this one will be at least another year before I get it right. At present, I live in Massachusetts. My husband and I plan to retire in Maine, so we will be one of the "cold" or "short season" gardeners. We may even end up further South than some Canadian Garden Web members! In any case, I am building up my stock of plants--especially from the Rubus genus to have enough to start a small berry farm when we get to Maine. One of my goals is to introduce people to native berries that are unfamiliar to most people. I have big goals, but not unattainable ones. The Cloudberry figures big in those goals. If anyone is going picking, and makes something of the berries (the seeds are large for a raspberry and are not eaten), would you mind saving and sending the seeds to me? I will trade seeds I have, or other items such as earring I make or whatever we can come to an agreement on as a fair trade. For anyone in the US, I would love tha plants or seeds. I plan to make posts on multiple forums. I have a place already prepared for them, and Rubus grows extremely well in my yard--lots of wild ones. I am also looking for crowberry, lowbush blueberry, lingonberry. Can anyone help me? Thanks so much! Robin