Gretel, Fairy Tale, Ping Tung, and my favorite; Macchiaw. Macchiaw is a monster producer and resists all the disease and pest pressure that eventually gets the other varieties. It's a purple asian type. Never bitter.

I grew both the Baker Creek Chichiquelite Huckleberry and the Giant Cape Gooseberry for the first time this year. Huckleberries ripened about July, and I baked them in a muffin recipe just like blueberries. There was a trick of dusting them in flour first which I think kept them from squishing or bleeding. Best muffins I ever made! Similar to blueberry muffins only better. It's late October now (Colorado) and those huckleberries just keep flourishing, even though the wasps ate about 1/4 of them. They get sweeter as the temps drop. The Giant Cape Gooseberries finally ripened so I could pick them today. Was delighted by their fresh tangy sweet flavor. I think I'll make them into a jam since I hear they have a lot of natural pectin. Yield was pretty low, so I am not sure if I will grow them again. Grew both berries in a GardenPatch grow box and each required massive amounts of water. Needed to fill the reservoirs daily in the hot dry days of summer, which was more watering than I wanted to be doing ;-) Overall, I've been really pleased by all the unique seeds I purchased from BC, so will keep trying new ones. Here is a link that might be useful: Huckleberry Muffin Recipe

hi folks -- Thanks so much Bill and Downinmyback... No need to send a SASE -- you're doing me a favor, so the least I can do is pay for postage! Just email me your addresses at emily@hezel.com, and I'll send them along to you! If anyone else is interested, just do the same -- I've got plenty of seeds! Many thanks! Emily

CJ can u set up private messaging? Here's how.... Cel, can u set private messaging up? "click the "Edit Profile" button - look at the list on the left side of the page, at the bottom of the list, you'll see "Advanced Settings" - click that - scroll waaaaaay down to the bottom of the (Advanced Settings)page, and you'll see... Privacy settings "Allow users to follow my profile" below that, is... "Who can message me" - there are drop down options Choose... "Allow anyone to message me" Then click the "update" button, and it should work. Try that, and see if it works. Let me know if/when you try and finish, and I'll check your profile and see if a "message" button appears. You will NOT be able to see a "Message" button. To you, the button will appear as "Edit Profile"."