https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/blueberries-blackberries A food blog that talks about food, produce, recipes, ingredients, restaurants and markets here in the Philippines and around the globe. Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:09:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/blueberries-blackberries#comment-13277 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:09:52 +0000 /?p=55#comment-13277 chris, i think what your dad found in bukidnon are mulberries. i’ve seen several mulberry bushes (trees? they grow to tree-like proportions) throughout mindanao and in baguio and the rest of the cordilleras. yes, these are the same mulberries whose leaves are the favorite food of silkworms. the fruit look and taste very much like rasperries/blackberries. they turn from green to red to black as they ripen. my siblings and i have fond childhood memories of racing every morning to my uncle’s mulberry tree to be the first to pick the ripe fruit.

]]> https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/blueberries-blackberries#comment-784 Sun, 10 Jul 2005 00:57:32 +0000 /?p=55#comment-784 Chris, they grow blueberries in Baguio/Benguet but they are tiny and hard. I would imagine raspberries need a winter to rest but who knows. I love berries of all kinds!

]]> https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/blueberries-blackberries#comment-747 Wed, 06 Jul 2005 19:41:29 +0000 /?p=55#comment-747 Hi Marketman.
My dad used to go to the mountains of bukidnon a lot for a potato processing project. And he discovered raspberries growing there! I guess it needs the cool mountain air to grow properly. I asked if they could cultivate some for me bec. imported ones from australia and france can reach up to P2,000 per kilo. But since their project fell through, I never got to know how it went. Wouldn’r it be great if anyone can successfully cultivate raspberries or blackberries locally?

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