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Do you have some surplus Shadberries you could send me? I'll pay!

I'm looking for a source - anyone know where I can either pick or pay for 15 lbs of Serviceberries or Juneberries (or Shadberries or Saskatoonberries?) I hear they are unique tasting and would love to give it a try. I live in Nebraska City, NE and would pay for harvesting/shipping...

Possum and/or Wetfoot - did either of you measure your TA before fermentation? I ran out of NAOH and didn't. I just fermented it knowing I'd test it later. Supposedly, Norton has a pretty high TA grape.

Mine also went up the airlock, and I left some space in the 6 gallon carboy! From what I read, the act of pressing adds oxygen to the fermenting juice and the yeast goes extra crazy for about 24 hours. Mine only did it once - I cleaned it up and it's already slowing down a bit. My "second...

Wetfoot - today, my Norton SP GR is at 1.01. Will press tonight.

Wetfoot, I mixed mulberries with Concord frozen concentrate last year and it was, in my wife's words, superb! Funny how we want to mix fruits with grapes go get interesting tastes. Last night my SP GR was at 1.0400, so either tonight or tomorrow I'll press and rack. I've kept the "rotten...

Wetfoot, I, too picked my first ever batch of Norton's yesterday, in Independence, MO. I gathered 94 pounds and drove it 3 hours home to Nebraska, where my wife and I de-stemmed by hand over a 2 1/2 hour period. I know your pain. The Brix was 23, the pH is 3.5. I'm out of TA testing...

They seem to have ripend early, according to websites I read. I'm starting them tonight. Good luck with yours, too.

Powers - I, too live in Nebraska and just this past weekend found a hoard of ripe chokecherries - the family and I picked nearly 25 pounds in about 45 minutes. We beat the birds to them! They are in the freezer now, can't wait to get them started this weekend.