Old Fashioned Partridgeberry Spread 250ml
  • Old Fashioned Partridgeberry Spread 250ml
  • Partridgeberries
  • Partridgeberries

Old Fashioned Partridgeberry Spread 250ml (10.3oz)

$10.70

Delicious partridgeberry spread! A little less sweet and a silky texture. Tart, exceptional in taste, and known for their medicinal qualities, partridgeberries have been a staple of northern peoples for centuries.

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Delicious partridgeberry spread! A little less sweet and a silky texture. Partridgeberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea). Internationally known as the lingonberry this relative of the cranberry family is a low mat forming evergreen shrub with tiny rounded leaves. These berries grow in the dry, acidic soils of Newfoundland and Labrador's barrens and coastal headlands. Their twin flowers have a pinkish hue in bud then turn white as they bloom in mid-June to mid-July. The flower ovaries gives rise to a single dark red berry ripening through September's frost. Tart in flavour they are high in vitamin C, tannin, anthocyanin, and antioxidants.