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    elderflowers to market

    May 31, 2019 5 minutes
    By Michael Brown

    FEW PLANTS OFFER as much potential as the elderberry. It’s easy to grow and can be used for a variety of culinary and medicinal purposes, which makes it an immediate asset to any homestead, farm, or spacious garden. These properties make the plant desirable not only for use at home, but also as a commercial crop.

    Most people associate elderberry with its fruit—clusters of dark-purple berries that can easily weigh a pound or more. But the alternative crop that the plants produce, the fragrant flowers, is often overlooked. Fleeting elderflowers are popular as cordials and teas, turned into fritters and jellies, and included in homemade skin care products and anti-inflammatory medicines. The diverse and delicious blooms are as prized in the marketplace as the berries they become when left on the

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