Lost Crops of the Incas Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation (1989) / Chapter Skim
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Goldenberry- Cape Gooseberry
Goldenberry- Cape Gooseberry
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They are protected by papery husks resembling Chinese lanterns. The attractive and symmetrical husk with its edible yellow fruit inside gives it an eye-catching appearance and potential market appeal.
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242 I-OST CROPS OF THE INCAS Although not yet well known internationally, the goldenberry is an established commercial crop in several places: India, South Africa, New Zealand, and Hawaii among them. The rather wild and weedy plant can be outstandingly productive.
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They could become standard produce items, meriting intensive, mechanized agriculture with advanced cultivars. In addition, goldenberry jams and baked goods will become better known.
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High soil fertility fosters useless vegetative growth, while low fertility induces 4 The juice of the ripe berry contains so much pectin and pectinase that jams and preserves are selfjelling and require no additional pectin. 5 One sample of the fruit contained 78.9 percent water, 0.3 percent protein, 0.2 percent fat, 19.6 percent total carbohydrate, 4.9 percent fiber, 1.0 percent ash.
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fruit production.6 Goldenberry can be grown along the margins of fields, ditches, and roadways, or interplanted with other crops.7 Although it thrives in full sun, some shelter from strong wind is desirable. Most growers prune plantings back sharply after the first harvest to reduce pest infestations and to allow fruit to form on new growth.
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Soluble solids increase from 11 percent to as much as 16 percent. If carefully harvested when nearly mature and kept inside the husk, fruits may keep for several months in a dry container.
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include birds, which prey upon the fruits; tobacco mosaic virus and bacterial leaf-spot, which infect the plants; and a number of insects that attack the foliage. Palates accustomed to sweet fruits may find the slightly bitter aftertaste of some goldenberries unappealing.
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For example, the use of ethylene might be employed to force uniform ripening.) Agronomic Research Techniques of pruning that adapt the plants to mechanical harvesting could increase yields while lowering the costs of production in countries where labor costs are high.
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The cannery considered exporting but could not meet the local demand, which at that time was steadily increasing. In addition to pure preserves, the cannery produced tasty mixtures of goldenberry with mulberries, guavas, and peaches.
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It grows wild in many parts of the Andes (for instance, in Colombian forests above 2,200 m elevation) , but whether these are wild ancestral plants or just cultivated plants run wild is not clear.
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, most notably highly weathered tropical latosols.~6 Fertile, well-drained, sandy soil is preferred, although vegetative growth can overwhelm fruit production if soils are too rich. |6 Information from J
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