On a trip to my
cabin, I found more than a few red twinberry bushes displaying fruit. Red twinberry, also known as Utah
honeysuckle, is one of the first shrubs to put forth flags of green in the
spring. They are very hardy. I consistently find them growing in my
favored huckleberry patches. The berries
are pure red and grow as conjoined twins.
This makes them easy to identify.
Red twinberries
are edible. They also have three remarkable
things going for them. First, they are
nearly tasteless. Secondly, they are
filled with water. Finally, red twinberries
produce small, inconspicuous seeds.
After chewing on
pine needles or nearly choking on overly-flavorful gooseberries (this is for
you, Roland Vickers), munching on a somewhat tasteless berry has its
advantages. Personally, I think the
twinberry has just the hint of a hint of watermelon flavor. I like them.
I particularly
enjoy the water content of these berries.
As I am picking huckleberries, I often swipe a few twinberries from
nearby plants and munch on them.
—Mitchell Hegman
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