Lingonberries

Highbush Cranberries

Our jams and jellies are made from the wild and cultivated berries that grow here on our farm. No fruits are purchased. We use only berries of the best flavour and quality. Recipes are based on those published by home canning experts.  Careful attention is given to processing methods to ensure the sterility of all finished jams.

The types of jam and jellies available for sale vary somewhat from year to year depending on what quantities of  fruit can be harvested. Wintering conditions and spring frost on blossoms can limit fruit yields some seasons.

FAVOURITE JAMS

Best sellers include strawberry, strawberry/rhubarb, lowbush blueberry, lowbush blueberry/raspberry, raspberry, and black currant.  These jams are all made from berries produced by our cultivated plantings.  We do not have large quantities of black currant fruit most years. The wild blackberry patch on the sunny hillside above our home has produced excellent crops of berries biannually for over 33 years. Jam made from these berries is one of our favourites though sometimes in short supply. A nice jelly can also be made from our cultivated red currants in the years when their fruit is plentiful.

UNUSUAL JAMS

Lingonberry 

This jam is made from the fruit produced by our small experimental patch of cultivated lingonberries,  commonly called partridgeberries in Newfoundland.  These plants are native to the boreal forests of Eurasia and North America. We find that they thrive in a corner of our lowbush blueberry planting.  The jam is well known in Scandinavian and Northern European countries.

Highbush cranberry

We find these berries in late fall on wild medium sized shrubs that grow along the forest edges of our  farm.  The berries make delicious jelly.

Chokecherry

Our cultivated varieties originate from the native shrubs that grow on the Canadian prairies. Their berries make excellent jelly much favoured in western Canada. We are now able to introduce chokecherry jelly to our eastern customers.

Rhubarb

Jam made from our fresh rhubarb stems tastes refreshingly different on toast or biscuits. 

Gooseberry

Although this jam is less commonly available in Canada, it is very familiar and appreciated in Great Britain.