Useful properties of berries. Cranberries - useful properties, selection rules

Cranberry large-fruited (Oxycoccus macrocarpus) in recent times is of great interest to professional manufacturers. And this is not surprising. In terms of composition, its berries differ slightly from common cranberries: large-fruited is sweeter - in it more water and less ascorbic acid (up to 40 mg - in 100 g of berries, in marsh - up to 70 mg). It is more productive, and its berries are larger - up to 2.5 cm in diameter. It contains more pectin and carbohydrates.

In North America, large-fruited cranberries have been bred for over 200 years. By the end of the 20th century, the plantation area in the United States exceeded 15,000 hectares, and the annual gross harvest of berries reached 250,000 tons. Today, more than 200 of its varieties are known, which differ markedly in the shape, color and size of the fruit.

There are 4 species of common cranberries that grow in wetlands in the forest and tundra zone of the northern hemisphere. These are low-growing shrubs with thin filamentous twigs covered with small evergreen leaves. Cranberry shoots usually creep along the moss and are invisible from a distance. Therefore, during the ripening of the berries, it seems that the moss is strewn with red balls that have come from nowhere.

Collecting cranberries is a rather painstaking task. However, even in the old days they came up with special combs for picking cranberries. With their help, the collector literally combs the swamp, taking away her precious gifts from nature.

Americans have been growing cranberries as a garden plant for 2 centuries.

In America, about 200 varieties of large-fruited cranberries have been created. It fully justifies its name, because it has large, cherry-sized berries and gives quite good yields - about 11 tons per hectare.

Now in the USA 11 thousand hectares of land are occupied by cranberries. They even developed a mechanized technology for growing this berry.

The second place in the world in the collection of cranberries, as expected, is Canada.
Recently, in our country, attempts have been made to grow cranberries on plantations.

This is evergreen shrub with thin rising ends or creeping reddish stems over 1 m long. Its oval or oblong leaves are larger than those of our swamp cranberries. The flowers are dark pink, drooping. The roots are superficial, thin, with mycorrhiza. Soils prefer acidic, very wet, peaty. Likes sunny places or partial shade.

In landscaping, large-fruited cranberries are used as a ground cover plant.

In some areas of the European part of the USSR, they tried to grow it back in the 80s of the last century. However, this experience was unsuccessful. According to experts, the main reasons were shortcomings in the selection of areas and soil preparation, the uncritical transfer of technological and agrotechnical methods of growing cranberries from America to Russia, poor knowledge of the biology and ecology of American varieties, and lack of cultivation experience.

The fruits are mid-ripening and late-ripening varieties American cranberries did not have time to ripen before the onset of autumn cold, shoots were often damaged by spring and autumn frosts, as well as winter frosts(during snowy periods).

Simultaneously with large-fruited cranberries, wild marsh cranberries were planted on separate plantations. This species turned out to be more frost-resistant, but its fruits were clearly inferior in size to American varieties, respectively, and the yield was low, which made its cultivation unprofitable.

Cranberries have been cultivated in America since 1811. North America is the birthplace of three berries that have come into the everyday life of Americans and have become integral part their culinary traditions. These are blueberries, concord grapes and cranberries.

AT early XIX century, a farmer from Massachusetts named Henry Hall tried to grow cranberries on his plot. Not the swamp that is well known to us, but the one that grows in North America. This is a large-fruited cranberry (Oxycoccus macrocarpus). As you can easily guess from the name, its berries are larger (up to 20-25 mm in diameter), they look like cherries. It is more thermophilic, differs in vigorous growth. During the year, creeping shoots grow up to 150 cm, vertical - up to 18-20 cm and form a dense green carpet. Large-fruited cranberries bloom at the end of June - after flowering of marsh cranberries. The fruits ripen in September, and in October the dormant period begins in the plants.

An attempt to domesticate large-fruited cranberries was a success. Gardeners looked for plants with the most large berries, transferred them to their sites, propagated. By the middle of the 19th century, the plantation area in the state was already 1,500 hectares, more than 130 varieties were bred. In 1936, even special magazine"Cranberries" (cranberries). At the end of the last century, it was already grown on 15 thousand hectares, and the yield increased tenfold. Now large-fruited cranberries are grown in Canada, New Zealand, and European countries.

In the USA this year it was possible to collect enough good harvest cranberries. Moreover, according to Wisconsin farmers, the harvest even exceeded the average.

Cranberry farms in Wisconsin produce over 50% of the world's supply of this tasty and healthy cranberry.

Cranberries are one of the commodities that the US exports to China. In 2010, China imported approximately 900,000 kg of cranberries.

Only here large-fruited cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon) are industrially grown on special plantations. After the berry is ripe, the plantation is filled with water. And since cranberries are lighter than water, the berries are knocked off the bushes with special devices and they float up. After that, it remains only to collect a huge crop from the surface of the water.

It's impossible not to love cranberries. After all, it is cranberries that increase immunity, strengthen teeth and contain a large number of vitamin C. B traditional medicine cranberries are used as a bactericidal thirst quencher, antipyretic and tonic, which increases mental and physical performance, increases appetite and digestibility of food.

Cranberries are the main crop in the states of New Jersey, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Washington, and also in some counties of Canada.

In the US, the total number of plots occupied by cranberries reaches 160,000 acres.

Every year, manufacturers collect high yields cranberries, which are enough for all Americans on Thanksgiving, because cranberry sauce is always served with a turkey.

Cranberry juice is given to patients with tonsillitis, influenza, and rheumatism. As a weak vasodilator, it is recommended for use in angina pectoris. In folk medicine with therapeutic purpose cranberries are prescribed for all diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract.

Below, in the photographs, you can see how cranberries are grown and harvested in the United States.

Watering a cranberry plantation in dry hot weather

Cranberry bush in July

Cranberry bush in September

Plantations fill up with water in autumn

Bushes are whipped by a rotary cultivator

Cranberries have air chambers, thanks to which the berry floats on the surface.

A wide yellow sleeve is stretched along the shore, filled with air, which collects the berries together. The workers, standing almost waist-deep in water, direct the berries onto the conveyor belt.

The conveyor loads the berries onto trucks, which then take the cranberries to a receiving station or processing plant.

Loading time for one truck is about 10 minutes

How cranberries are harvested in Belarus aslan wrote on August 31st, 2015

Large-fruited cranberries have been grown on special plantations (checks) since the 19th century. The largest manufacturer This berry is the USA, there are also plantations in Canada, Belarus, Poland, Scandinavian countries.
But today we will see how cranberries are harvested in neighboring Belarus.

The peculiarity of large-fruited cranberries, grown in large quantities, is that there are air chambers in its fruits, so this is one of the few berries floating on the surface of the water. This makes picking the berries much less time consuming compared to the usual manual picking: at the end of the season, checks with ripe berries are filled with water and special combines are launched that beat this water, while ripe berries come off. After that, all the berries are driven to one edge of the check, where it - clean and washed - is scooped out for further processing.

At industrial production cranberries grow in checks. These are such hefty shallow baths in peat.

In September - early October, pickers are brought in for checks: they are mainly local aunts. Collecting cranberries for them good opportunity earn extra money.

A smart picker can get up to 350,000 Belarusian rubles (almost $38) per day. For a village where on average they receive 300-400 bucks a month, this is not bad. Work, of course, for an amateur. On the checks, to put it mildly and without rain dubak. What if it's a cloudy day...

The task of the pickers is to select the first-class (largest, hardest and reddest) berries. They will then be exported to the UK, where they will be sold during the Christmas week.

After the pickers "skim the cream", the check is filled with water.

And they produce tractors for it.

A thresher hung in front of the tractor creates a water shaft that tears the berry from the stalk.

Since cranberries are lighter than water, they float and can be collected from the surface with a special boom (similar to how fish are caught with nets).

This is about two and a half tons of berries floating in the water.

To dial such a trailer is two hours of work.

Then the cranberries are taken to the sorting base. They're sorting it out. Packed and shipped to customers.

Approximately 300 tons of cranberries are produced in Belarus annually. Approximately half is exported.

Belarus ranks fourth in the world in terms of production volumes after the USA, Canada and Chile. The berry is exported mainly to Russia, the Baltic States, England, Germany.

Cranberries are used for the preparation of fruit drinks, juices, kvass, extracts, jelly, are good sources vitamins. The leaves can be consumed as a tea. A feature of cranberries is that its berries can be stored in fresh until the next harvest wooden barrels filled with water.

Berries are used as an antiscorbutic, for colds, rheumatism, tonsillitis, beriberi, as well as in the food and alcoholic beverage industry.

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Wild berries are generous gifts of nature - a variety of aromas, flavors and colors! Nowadays, any berries can be bought in a store at any time of the year, but their taste and aroma are not at all the same as those of a freshly picked wild berry. Differ and beneficial features such berries, in forest - more vitamins! Don't miss out summer season ripening wild berries, take note of the calendar of flowering and ripening of berries, and you will always know when to pick berries in the summer.

Useful properties of berries

Below is a brief description of the berries and describes the beneficial properties of the berries. Berries have importance in human nutrition. Berries are of particular value as a source of vitamins and organic acids, which play an important role in human life, increasing the vitality of the body, its physical and mental performance and resistance to various diseases. How to use the beneficial properties of berries to improve health.

Berry picking rules

To save high quality and useful properties of berries, you must adhere to simple rules picking berries.

• When picking berries, it is forbidden to use various mechanical devices (scoops, combs, etc.) that cause damage to the thickets of berries and reduce the yield of berries in subsequent years.
• Harvested berries do not ripen after picking, so pick only the ripe ones.
• Berries that you want to eat right away, collect during the growing moon, then they will be more fragrant.
• Collect berries for canning during the waning moon, then they will last longer.
• Pick berries during cool hours (morning and evening) every other day, and in case of dry, hot weather, every other day, avoiding overripe.
• The collected berries should be immediately removed in a cool place protected from the sun, as those heated in the sun very quickly lose their appearance, taste and beneficial properties of the berries.
• When carrying the berries should also be covered from sunlight.

berry calendar

Calendar of average terms of flowering and maturation of herbal and dwarf forest berries. The berry picking calendar shows the average timing of flowering and ripening of most wild berries and fruits growing on the territory of our country.

Picking berries
When to Collect berries	May	June		July		August		September	October
Cowberry
Crowberry
Blueberry
Wild strawberry
common cranberry
Cranberry small-fruited
Cranberry large-fruited
princess
Stone berry
Krasnika
Cloudberry
blueberry
Blueberry caucasian
Bilberry ovalfolia

As a rule, the harvest season for lingonberries begins in August-September. The taste of lingonberries is sour with bitterness, which leaves only after frost, lingonberries are harvested until November. The beneficial properties of lingonberries are known to everyone, therefore, when lingonberries ripen, take the baskets into the forest.

Useful properties of cranberries

Lingonberries are a valuable vitamin carrier, lingonberries contain a whole range of biologically active substances, organic acids, sugars. After harvesting, lingonberries can be stored fresh for a month, as they contain benzoic acid. Cowberry berries and juice from them are taken with high blood pressure, are a good thirst quencher, laxative and antipyretic. Cowberry juice has anti-inflammatory and diuretic effects, antimicrobial and detoxifying effects, helps with flu and acute respiratory diseases.

Lingonberry, boletus, lingonberry

When to collect crowberry

Voronika (aka shiksha, aka crowberry) is a plant of the tundra and the north. The crowberry ripens in August, and the crowberry is harvested in the fall, until frost. Crowberry leaves, similar to needles, remain on the plant even in winter, only they turn purple-black. Useful properties of crowberry berries are very diverse.

Useful properties of crowberry

Crowberry well removes radionuclides from the body, improves immunity. Hypertension, migraine, insomnia, metabolic disorders and seizures can also be treated with crowberry juice. In the tundra, crowberries quench their thirst with berries instead of water. Crowberry has anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, wound healing, astringent, anticonvulsant, antispasmodic and antioxidant properties. For long-term storage it is enough to fill it in a jar, fill it with water and put it in the basement. Crowberry is stored in this form for up to a year or more. You can also freeze the crowberry.

Crowberry, crowberry, shiksha, bear berry, bagnovka

When to pick blueberries

The harvest season for wild blueberries or gonobobel comes in July, August and even September. The beneficial properties of blueberries will help everyone who collects blueberries - bluish-black berries with a strong bluish-gray bloom with greenish flesh.

Useful properties of blueberries

Blueberries have a number of unique properties: remove radionuclides, strengthen the walls of blood vessels, normalize the work of the heart, slow down the aging of nerve cells and the brain. Blueberries have anti-sclerotic, cardiotonic, hypotensive and anti-inflammatory effects. It is effective in atherosclerosis, hypertension, capillary toxicosis and other diseases associated with insufficiency of blood capillaries. Blueberries are recommended for diabetics, as they promote tissue repair, enhance the effect of drugs that lower blood sugar levels, and increase metabolism.

Blueberry, gonobobel, blueberry, drunkard

When to pick strawberries

Wild strawberries ripen in June-July; in more northern regions, strawberries can be harvested even in August. There are legends about the beneficial properties of strawberries. Strawberries are the first berry of all in terms of iron, vitamin E, folic acid and calcium content.

Useful properties of strawberries

Strawberries are useful because they contain trace elements, sugars, pectins, acids, fiber, vitamins and essential oils. They not only improve appetite, but also contribute to the normalization of digestion. Strawberries help restore strength, cure diarrhea in children and help with anemia. Strawberries have vitamin, anti-allergic, choleretic and diuretic properties, normalizes metabolism. Thanks to the properties of strawberries, toxins and cholesterol are removed from the body. Strawberries are harvested for future use by drying, freezing or rubbing with sugar.

Wild strawberry, sunnitsa, drifting snow, berry

When to pick cranberries

Cranberries bloom in June, and the berries are harvested from September through the autumn. Doctors attributed this berry to the most useful food for humans.

Useful properties of cranberries

Cranberries are a great antioxidant. Due to the high content of potassium salts and vitamin C, cranberries are very useful for the body during infectious and colds. Cranberry is considered a natural antibiotic due to its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. Cranberries contain substances that prevent the formation of plaques in the vessels and the formation of blood clots. rich medicinal properties cranberry is indicated for varicose veins, as it helps to increase the strength and elasticity of the walls of blood vessels and capillaries. Most of all, cranberries are useful fresh, in which they are stored for quite a long time due to the content of benzoic acid.

Cranberry, stonefly, crane, snowdrop

When to collect the princess

The berries of the princesses ripen in July - August. The princess has a very pleasant taste - it is sweet, but with a sour taste and with strong aroma reminiscent of both pineapple and peach.

Useful properties of the princess

In addition to the fact that the princess is tastier than ordinary raspberries, it is also useful as raspberries. Infusions and decoctions of the princess in folk medicine are recommended as an antipyretic, for gargling when coughing, for catarrhs ​​of the upper respiratory tract and bronchial asthma. Princess berries quench thirst and act as an antipyretic, infusions of berries are given to patients as a drink. From the young leaves, the princesses prepare delicious fruit tea. Leaf infusions are used as a gargle for sore throats and coughs, and as an astringent for diarrhea. Fresh leaves are applied to wounds to relieve inflammation and heal faster.

Princess, polyanka, mamura

When to collect bones

Kostyanik ripens in July - August. Bone is harvested until the end of September to enjoy the taste of the berry and its healing properties.

Useful properties of bone

Due to the high content of vitamin C (about 150 mg%), tannins and pectin, organic acids, stone fruit juice is used as an antiscorbutic and protistocidal drug. Bone juices are recommended for anemia, anemia. Bone fruit juice helps to improve metabolism, strengthen the walls of blood vessels and remove toxins and cholesterol from the body. Rescue infusions from the bones and from pain in the heart. Effective for cystitis and colds. Bone berries have a pronounced antipyretic agent, therefore they are recommended as inclusion in complex therapy for diseases accompanied by "high fever".

Bone, bonfire, stone

When to pick redberries

Krasnika grows on Sakhalin, the south of Kamchatka and some other places. Redberries are harvested in August - September. The taste of redberry berries is peculiar: at first they seem sweet, later - sour, and when you completely chew them, bitter-salty.

Useful properties of redberries

Fresh berries and redberry juice effectively reduce blood pressure in hypertension. It has been established that redberry berries are rich in P-active substances that dilate blood vessels and strengthen their walls. Krasnika berries contain vitamin C, benzoic and other organic acids, fiber, 7 essential amino acids, trace elements (copper, cobalt, manganese, zinc and chromium). Redberry is useful for colds, with a headache, the analgesic effect of redberry is manifested. Redberry juice and liquid extract are also used as a laxative. In addition to the berries, the redberry has young leaves that taste like sorrel.

Krasnika, klopovka

When to pick cloudberries

Cloudberry blooms in May - June, and you can collect cloudberries in July, August. From time immemorial in Russia, fresh and soaked cloudberries were served to the royal table as the most valuable berry of the North. In the North, it is still called the Royal berry.

Useful properties of cloudberries

Cloudberries contain 3 times more vitamin C than oranges. Cloudberries surpass carrots in the content of provitamin A, which rejuvenates cell populations. Miracle cloudberry is a rich source of tocopherols, which accelerate the regeneration of damaged cells and are involved in critical processes tissue metabolism. Since cloudberries are high in potassium, they help protect against cancer and cardiovascular disease. It is good to give fruits along with honey to strengthen weakened patients. One of last requests A. S. Pushkin had a desire to eat soaked cloudberries.

Cloudberry, gloshina, bear cub

When to pick blueberries

Blueberries are harvested from July to September. Blueberry - healing berry It contains many vitamins and minerals. It tones and stimulates metabolic processes, has a hemostatic, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, analgesic, diuretic effect.

Useful properties of blueberries

Blueberries can powerfully counteract aging and even rejuvenate the body. The use of blueberries improves the blood supply to the retina, as a result, the regeneration of retinal tissue is accelerated. Blueberries are the richest source of so-called anthocyanidins - these are the most powerful of all natural antioxidants. The flavonoids found in blueberries are able to raise the level of glutathione (a powerful protector of nervous tissue). It is assumed that just half a glass of blueberries a day can prevent Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's. Bilberry extract has shown the ability to strengthen the walls of blood vessels. Blueberries can lower blood cholesterol no worse than some drugs and be powerful weapon in the fight against heart disease.

Blueberry, blueberry

Summer is a great time to relax and pick berries. In order for the beneficial properties of berries to remain healing, we recall another simple rule for picking berries: pick berries away from highways, industrial enterprises, landfills and other dangerous places. I hope our berry calendar has awakened in you the desire to immediately go to the forest to pick berries.

Tell me how to make cranberry juice?

To get a liter of fruit drink, you will need 800 ml of boiling water, 125 g of cranberries and 3 tbsp. spoons of honey or granulated sugar. Rinse the berries and mash them with a wooden crush. Then put the cranberry mass in cheesecloth, folded in several layers, and squeeze the juice with it. Pour cake hot water, boil for 5-10 minutes and strain through a strainer or cheesecloth. Mix the resulting broth with the finished juice, add honey or sugar and cool it. That's all - delicious drink ready! Just do not forget that the dishes for cranberry juice should be enameled, glass or stainless steel. Aluminum pans can oxidize and make healthy drink harmful.

Lisa Chernikina

A long time ago, cranberries were considered exclusively Russian berries. Indeed, it was successfully exported by merchants to Europe and other countries. Times have changed. The attitude towards cranberries has also changed. Now it is grown in many countries. The main thing is the presence of certain conditions for its growth.

Where does cranberry grow?

Of course, this is the most important question. It's easy to answer, knowing that cranberries used to be called marsh berries. She loves moisture and dampness . Cranberries are easy to find on moist soils of coniferous pine forests. If there are lakes in your area, then you should walk along the banks. They also have berries. Cranberries love the lack of wind. That is why it often grows on the slopes of ravines, especially if the soil is moist. The growth of fungi in wet soils may mean that there are cranberries nearby. Mushrooms and this berry are in symbiosis with each other. For collection, you need to choose environmentally friendly places. They should be located away from roads and industrial facilities.

Recognizing cranberries is quite simple. Usually the moss is covered with spherical berries of red or pinkish hues. Cranberries may have a slight grayish coating. The pulp of the berries is usually juicy. The leaves of the plant are small, inside silvery, with a wax coating on the outside. The leaves are oval in shape. Their stem is short. The shrub is not tall, with shoots of about 30 cm.

When can you pick cranberries?

• Remembering the time when you need to pick cranberries is easy. Usually the harvest ripens by September-October. Berries picked in early September are firm and unripe. They are especially good to prepare for the winter. It usually ripens when stored in a cool room. Cranberries continue to be harvested at the first frost. The berries picked during this period are tasty and soft. Cranberries can be found in forests and in spring. She emerges from under the melted snow.
• Berries for assembly should be of uniform color. Green or just starting to blush is better not to pluck. It is usually collected by hand. AT industrial scale use special scrapers.
• When harvesting cranberries, certain rules must be observed. In some regions they are established at the legislative level. Such complexities help maintain the local ecosystem. Sometimes the rules even spell out the time for picking berries. In order not to harm the plant, it is better to collect the berries not with the help of special toothed brushes, but by hand. Brushes pull out bushes, breaking stems, leaves. When assembling, you need to carefully remove the berries, leaving the plant in the soil. When collecting cranberries on each bush, you need to leave a few berries. Also, when moving, you should look under your feet: you can’t step on the bushes. On swampy soils, be careful. It is better not to go to the swamps alone.

Cranberries: growing

By the way, cranberries can be grown on suburban area. It is worth remembering that such berries will differ from those that grow in their natural environment. Homemade cranberries are larger and have a slightly different shade. Plus, it's sourer. This is due to the different chemical composition.

On the plot, it is better to plant cranberries in open, well-lit places. Availability ground water is good for her. The soil may vary. Sometimes peat or humus is added to it. Swamp cranberries are often grown on pure peat. As planting material you can use seedlings from a nursery or cranberries dug up in the forest. Both cases have their pros and cons. Forest cranberries can bring weeds with them; bred ones are resistant to diseases. For planting cranberries, dig holes of 30 cm. A substrate is placed at the bottom. 2 seedlings are planted in the pits to a depth of 10 cm. It is better to choose large seedlings, from 20 cm. Although small ones can take root well.

Harvested berries can be stored in containers at a temperature of no more than 10 degrees. Also cranberries are poured for storage clean water. At right conditions She can stay like this until winter. Cranberries of the first collection are stored both fresh and frozen. Late and spring berries can only be frozen. September cranberries are considered the most useful.

It is better to go for cranberries to the swamps. It grows on moist soils, along the banks of water bodies, on moist soils of ravines. The shrub blooms in May-June, and the first harvest is harvested in September. For picking, it is better to choose fully colored berries. You can continue collecting at the first frost. It also grows in spring: after the snow melts, you can see the first berries.

Cranberries are one of the most useful berries. In terms of antioxidant content, cranberries are among the leaders.

The first harvest of cranberries gives in September month. But gradually the cranberries will sing right up until november. Sometimes cranberries are harvested in the spring, after they have overwintered, but frozen cranberries must be picked very carefully, they are very tender.

Cranberries can be harvested in September. Then you can collect it right up to the snow. It's just that if you collect it already in frost, the cranberries will be frozen. But I personally like cranberries after frosts more than September cranberries.

Cranberries are harvested in September, even if they are green, they still take them, because they lie and turn red. Cranberries can overwinter and can be harvested in spring. But as a rule, it is all harvested in the fall. Some for themselves, some for sale. Cranberries are harvested in November. Cranberries are harvested in three terms: in autumn in September and November and in early spring. It does not matter how long to collect cranberries, as long as they are red and fully ripe.

Murom cranberries, which we buy fresh every year, appear on sale from mid-September to mid-October. I know that earlier in the villages e was collected until the first snows, until it was covered. Now, probably, in no swamp, cranberries do not live up to such, there are more willing-picking everywhere than berries.

Cranberries can be harvested from the end of September, depending on the place of growth and weather conditions- since October. But at this time, the cranberries are still greenish.

It is best to collect cranberries with the onset of frost, such cranberries are the most delicious.

You can also pick cranberries in the spring, when the snow begins to melt.

Cranberries begin to ripen in the month of September, from that time the berries can already be picked. While the cranberries are hard, they pour a simple cold water and so they keep it. harvested berries freezing in November. Cranberries harvested in the spring are no longer so good and so useful.

The cranberry harvesting season begins in September, when it begins to ripen. You can collect it until the snow falls. After the first frost, cranberries are tastier and healthier. They also collect it in the spring, when the snow melts, carefully, because then it is already soft, it easily bursts in the hands.

In central Russia, depending on the season, cranberries ripen in the second half of September - early October. Cultivated cranberries ripen a couple of weeks earlier than wild ones. You can collect cranberries in 3 terms: in September, with the onset of frost in November and early spring.

• Cranberries are harvested in 3 terms

  Collection starts in September(not earlier than September 7-10). At this time, you can simply fill it with cold water and it will be stored until next year.

  Second cranberry harvest- with the onset of the first frost in November. Berries harvested in November can be frozen.

  You can collect cranberries and in early spring(if, of course, she still remains).

  When harvesting cranberries, it is worth considering that unripe berries are poorly stored, losing their useful properties. Besides, ascorbic acid is destroyed during heat treatment, therefore, it is better to grind the berries with sugar (in a ratio of 1 to 1.5-2).

  

Cranberry is a magnificent northern berry, excellent tool from colds and other inflammations. You can collect it from from mid September and ending with the time when a permanent snow cover falls. The uniqueness of cranberries is that it is quite possible to pick them a little green (it will ripen perfectly at home) and already frozen (such a berry does not lose its beneficial properties and is even sweeter in taste).