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    Spread the Wild with Summer Cherries

    May 31, 2019 6 minutes
    By Christopher Nyerges

    ONE JULY, WHEN I WAS LEADING a small group of hikers to explore some remote sites deep in Angeles National Forest, we rested in the shade of a large hillside for a water break. After everyone had a drink from their canteens, I noticed that the tree we were resting under was full of red fruit.

    “Hey,” I called to everyone, “look at all those fruits. Does anyone know what they are?” Everyone looked up with great interest, and one man picked a fruit off the tree and examined it.

    “It kind of looks like a cherry, but not quite,” he replied.

    “Yes,” I said with excitement. “It’s a native wild cherry.” I explained that the wild cherry isn’t the same as the cultivated commercial cherry, but it’s closely related.

    WILD CHERRY JAM

    Start the season off right with an in-home jam session, making wild cherry jam following a standard jam recipe. Yield: Two 8-ounce jars.

    5 cups cherry fruits, deseeded
    1 cup sugar of choice Juice of 1 lemon

    ▸ Combine cherries

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