TASMANIAN APPLE BERRY : Crazy looking square fruit - Weird Fruit Explorer Ep 398
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ส.ค. 2019
- Taking a look at rare berries that were sent to me by www.wanderlustnursery.com
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These could easily become marketable if someone bred them to be sweeter and seedless. Maybe a bit bigger too.
Exactly what I was thinking. Probably a decade of work at least though…
The Tasmanian apple berry is more commonly known as the purple apple berry ( Billardiera longiflora). The red apple berry that you mentioned is probably Billardiera scandens. The berries are ready to eat when rusty coloured and soft. They have a LOT more flavour than the purple kind - so much that it's only pleasant to eat a few at a time. Wiki describes the flavour as stewed apples or kiwifruit but they're more like a super-concentrated mix of the two flavours. They make interesting jam. They have a super high pectin content, so would be good to add an interesting element to other fruit jams. They'd probably also be good to add to quince paste. If I try it I'll let you know!
Cool!
"Goblet for a Hamster King" is an amazing band name !
Especially a band with a gimmick where all the members dress up like pets
I was curious about apple berries. Now I'd like some.
These berries know it's hip to be square.
“...a little purple goblet for a hamster king”
this sentence is why I’m subscribed to you
thanks! I'm happy to have you here
They look like purple molars.
They do!
Another oddly square thing from Tasmania is the dung of the wombat. The only creature we know of to have square droppings.
thats amazing!
That must hurt coming out
It's hip to be square...; )
Wow! What a pretty and interesting fruit 👀 👌 can't wait to see what else wanderlust nursery has!
Wow, you always find the craziest things! Awsome! Always look forward to your videos 👍
thanks!
You should try lilly-pilly (Syzygium smithii / Syzygium oleosum ) another crazy Australian Syzygium
I second this.
Lilly pillies are so cool! I came across a fruiting tree a couple years ago and ended up bringing some home to germinate and now I have a bunch of the plants! They haven’t fruited or I’d send Jared the fruit. They’re like a slightly less impressive water apple/wax apple but a fruit-covered tree sure is pretty looking!
I agree! Hope to find them soon.
acmena smithii, syzygium leumanii. great to make jam, but it attracts bees while cooking, so make sure you have flyscreens and seal around doors/windows so they can't get in while cooking.
I can send you these. I have different varieties of Pilly Lilly and I love the floral taste. One tree puts out seedless fruit
Oooo I would float those in iced tea
great idea!
We love Matt and Megan! Thanks guys!
I love floral flavoured things. I'd love to try these
I really hope some geneticists and plant breeders are watching your channel. So many interesting fruits that need just a little perfecting.
Thanks. You never disappoint. Always love your channel.
We have a (non native) species in NZ that looks quite similar, but is bright fuscia, has white flesh and has a single fleshy 'seed' in the middle. They sound like they have a similar flavour as well. Syzgium astrale - Brush apple. They are pretty tasty!
I grew up in the bush here in Tasmania and remember seeing these growing wild all over the place! Didn't know they were edible though!
This would make a great brand name to fight against the Blackberry and Macintosh.
How cool to see you actually marveling! Thanks for sharing the adventure!
Commonly made and found in Maine as well as sold at the fairs is violet rose geranium and Rose jellies which are sweet and meant for toast or whatever you would put your jelly on . They are also very bright in color. Each flavor such as the Violet is really violet colored. Many homes remember buying them at the fair still buy them at the fair and have them in their Larder. I remember growing up having these at home all of the time my dad wasn't very interested in my mother and I were but it's not something that doesn't cross sex lines it does.
Okay, that's one of the cutest fruits ever!
This one is really cool! Thanks for sharing❤
What did you do today?
Me: I watched a man stack his berries.
always wondered about munching these bad boys when out in the bush. They are pretty cool looking.
This is so handy! I recently saw one of these plants and brought home a berry to see if I could grow the seeds and find out what it is. I thought maybe it was some sort of climbing fuchsia because it had cute little trumpet shaped flowers and the berries looked similar to fuchsia berries until they got bigger and square.
They look fab. And how odd that the seeds just pour out like that 🤔😊👍
every time I think there isn't anything left in the world to get me interested this channel proves me wrong with increasingly obscure fruit, thanks dude
Great video. They look interesting.
THEY MAKE AN AMAZING JAM
Oh man those are so incredibly cool! I’m reaaaally tempted to buy one but I’m running out of room! Nooo!
What a cute little berry
it's soooo cute. speaking of cute, we need more kitty 😁
I couldn't agree more.
Loved it.
As a Washingtonian i might just have to visit that Seattle nursery.
lilly pilly, acmena smithii, syzygium leumanii. great to make jam, but it attracts bees while cooking, so make sure you have flyscreens and seal around doors/windows so they can't get in while cooking.
really cool review, didn't even't know about this plant and I'm originally from that area in Aus!
When I lived in the UK I always had a package of Palmer violets in my handbag. :-)
They look like a seed themselves, really odd fruit
You've inspired me to include flower peddles as a regular part of my diet
Awesome! Come to Brazil, here we have a lot of crazy fruits
"You could even stack theses"
*proceeds to do exactly that*
They look like little peppers!
Gday from Tasmania! We have this fruit growing wild on our farm, some years the fruit can be a very deep purple. Pretty cool looking
Do you sell seeds🙊?
3:08 I just bought three packs of that candy on Amazon.
Well I was going to buy one of these trees but I can’t think of a good use besides maybe the pectin. Love your channel man thanks! I might just buy one to support wanderlustnursery because I like their variety.
In Adelaide, Australia we have a species called Billardiera cymosa
(sweet apple berry) I would describe it as a little sweet, almost like a custard apple or a feijoa kinda vibe, I really enjoy them.
Really?! I wonder if they would grow in Brisbane? I'm going to search for them. Thanks!
I even live in tassie and never thought of eating these before, I have tried the native mountain pepper which is nice
“Little goblet for a hamster king”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You should try the Lilly pilly, kind of similar but pink, they’re everywhere!
NO WAY. These grow in my parents garden i had NO IDEA they were edible! If they're still there I'll tell the parents to give them a nibble :D
we (tasmanian) need to cultivate more of our native fruit - i adore pepperberry & put it on a bunch of stuff, i really need to go try these now!
"Lavender Lego Fruit"
Australia has a ton of interesting fruit. Especially in the tropics. Check out Black apple, Davidson's plums, a whole lot of incredible Diploglottis species. Atherton nut, Endiandra compressa, Watermellon tree, some rare native guavas, some rare coffee species. Limes etc etc. Most are fairly sour but make incredible jams etc.
Wow! I'm in Brisbane and just starting to get excited for native fruits. I have the apple berry , blue quandong and black apple, I need to find these others now. Thanks again!
He likes it!
There was a restaurant that made chicken saltimbocca in my town: they wrote that the chicken was stuffed with Panko breadcrumbs, peppers, and truffles. There was a very distinct taste that I chalked up to the peppers and truffles, but figured that there was something else in the stuffing that they weren't talking about. That restaurant closed, and now there's a new restaurant opened by the same people who ran the old one. My mother just had shrimp with pepperberry roasted Yukon Gold potatoes, and when she offered some of the potatoes to me, I identified that peculiar yet satisfying taste immediately. I looked up that the potatoes were roasted with pepperberries, and now I'm here. I intend to get the plant so I can cook with these.
HAMPSTER KING!!!!
sounds like it'd make good tea? also sounds like a good salad item or put them in something like an egg roll.
My grandmother is native American and makes pie out of these berries during Thanksgiving. 100yr old tradition!
Interesting. It's native from a small island south of Australia!
Love this TH-cam channel one of my favorites.
Looks like it'd be great in salads and salsa
They look like tiny bell pepper, purple of course
Try the dumpling appleberries (billardiera scandens). Way nicer than the purple ones.
I've lived in tasmania for 14 years and only found out about these now
I want to see you clean and cook enough for an apple berry pie.
This would be a good Chopped ingriedient
Hunt down the Australian Midyim berry. They are small, white with purple spots. They have the texture of a blueberry and tatse like gingerbread
I had it once, tasted like mint to me. Sadly that footage was lost though...
@@WeirdExplorer I could try post you some in a month or so when mine ripen, it will be a gamble as I'm in Australia though
@@babyjesusbutplug Thanks for the offer. Its a nightmare trying to send fresh stuff international though. I'll check it out when I get to Australia :)
the shape and hollowness reminds me of pepper lol, the seeds are quite different than pepper seeds tho
I literally guessed that they taste like rose apples. i am impressed with myself xD
Ice cream would be good.
Cute looking fruit including the seeds. Too bad the seeds are bitter, so they can't be used as garnish.
"you could stack these"... *proceeds to stack them
spoiler alert
never heard of them before and I live in Australia lol
try mušmule and trnjine
They kind of look like lilac-coloured molars to me, but if these are anything like Choward's Violets, I would be addicted. Between these and Musk Life-Savers...man...
You can eat these? There is a huge patch nearby!
Lets build a house for your cat!! It will be such a nice purple color!
She has a box that she is quite fond of.
YOU LOVE TRYING MY COUNTRIES BUSH TUCKER.
I HAVE ALOT OF AUSTRALIAN BUSH TUCKER GROWNING IN MY GARDEN I AM AUSTRALIAN BTW ❤❤
Strange. I've lived in Tasmania my whole life and I've never seen or heard of them.
Look like tiny green peppers.
Looks like a tic tac with nerds candy inside
It totally does! :D
great description
Would be a nice ornamental plant if they all looked as perfect as the white one.
That's cute, like edible lego :D
I thought the same thing! :D
@@punkyroo Great minds think alike. Have a great day!
Appleberry ice cream or italian ice maybe?
As a jam, it might be good with a cheese plate
absolutely
Use it in a chutney or a salsa, it would probably work better in a chutney.
Pinky up lol
Shes got them apple berry jeans...
Baringtonia asiatica is another crazy looking square fruit.
Sooooo Close to 400 :D
Big things are on the way
Hi I was wondering if you've heard of billardiera scandens or hairy apple berry? They are native here in south east Australia but I've never come across the fruit. I managed to get some seed but still have no clue what I'm in for.
Cheers
Forgot to say - Count the seeds, they usually have 12 [thereabouts] in each pod
I counted 18 on his hand and I think 2 dropped on the ground. .. so about 20
@@MoebiusUK well that's interesting. maybe Im not remembering right. Maybe in the 'wild' they are even smaller in size.
interesting, i didnt think to count the seeds
Noooiiiicccceeeee
Dear Jared, we are going to visit Manila in a couple of months. Could you please suggest some markets where you can find exotic and rare fruits in Manila? Cheers mate~
They look like lilly pilly, but the inside is totally different. They also sound like they taste similar.
How does the seeds taste?
Berry Legos!
Idk if someone has said this already, but they look like ticks. Not that it has to be a bad thing lol
Hmmm, wonder how these would be in a cordial.
I think you and Earth Titan should do a video together
We tried to but couldn't figure out a good way to do it.
next time.
Where I can buy its seed online?
natures dice