Partridgeberry Jam 57ml (2.6oz)
  • Partridgeberry Jam 57ml (2.6oz)
  • Partridgeberries
  • Partridgeberries

Partridgeberry Jam 57ml (2.6oz)

$8.20

Tart, exceptional in taste, and known for their medicinal qualities, partridgeberries have been a staple of northern peoples for centuries.

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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 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.

Ingredients: sugar, partridgeberries