Janet B. Matsen:Fruit Foraging at the University of Washington

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I love fruit! I pick it all around town. At the University of Washington, you can find:

strawberries
- in the medicinal herb gardens
strawberry tree
- red fruit in a spiky coat. Ripens in September-October. Some people find the exterior unpalatable, but I'm keen.
blackberries
- (of course!) starts mid-August
European Cornel
apples along the burke gilman
- these varieties ripen late August to Early september. Best picked with a picking basket on a telescoping pole. Watch out for cyclists if standing on the bike trail! The back end of the stick gets... dangerous.
oregon grapes
- especially abundant outside of Benjamin Hall Hall. Late August? People make jelly out of it, but I haven't been tempted yet because better berries are in season when they are ripe.

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+I love fruit!  I pick it all around town.  At the University of Washington, you can find:
+* strawberries
+** in the medicinal herb gardens
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbutus_unedo strawberry tree]
+** red fruit in a spiky coat.  Ripens in September-October.  Some people find the exterior unpalatable, but I'm keen.
+* blackberries
+** (of course!)  starts mid-August
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Cornel European Cornel]
+* apples along the burke gilman
+** these varieties ripen late August to Early september.  Best picked with a [http://www.groworganic.com/pole-fruit-picker.html picking basket] on a telescoping pole.  Watch out for cyclists if standing on the bike trail!  The back end of the stick gets... dangerous.
+* oregon grapes
+** especially abundant outside of Benjamin Hall Hall.  Late August? People make jelly out of it, but I haven't been tempted yet because better berries are in season when they are ripe.