2/15/2024 0 Comments Lingonberry varietiesLingonberries contain many healthy compounds, such as antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals. Today it is extensively used in the modern Nordic kitchen, both in desserts and as a condiment to the main course. ![]() There is also a tradition to use it in desserts, for example in v ispipuuro (Finnish) / klappgröt (Swedish) which is a whipped semolina porridge, and also for lingonberry juice/beverages. In Sweden it is often used as a condiment to food and l ingonberry jam is traditionally served with meatballs, game, blood pudding, “ kroppkakor ” and “ palt ”. It is a popular berry for making jams and contains pe c tin, which t h ickens the jam. Today lingonberries are generally eaten and pres erved with sugar. In Sweden lingonberries were often conserved as “ vattlingon ” (water lingonberries) simply by covering the berries w ith water in a clean bottle or jar. ![]() Before sugar became a c he a p commodity, lingonberries was added to other berry preserves to improve conservation. The berries have b een popular not only because of their deli cious sweet, sour and at the same time bitter taste but also because of their high level of benzoic acid, which is a natural compound that conserves products made with lingonberries. Traditionally the lingonberry has been used extensively by the people living in the regions where it is found, both in America and Eurasia. Previously the American lingonberry was often treated as a separate subspecies or variety but today this subdivision is not generally not recognized by taxonomists, and the lingonberry is regarded as one species across its large distribution area. In English the most common ones are lingonberry and cowberry and in the Nordic countries it is called lingon in Swedish, puolukka in Finnish, tyttebær in Norwegian and Danish, r auðberjalyng in Icelandic, but there are also some alternative names used locally. Vaccinium vitis-idaea has many different names. It survives very low winter temperatures (at least -40 º C) but is not well adapted to hot summers. It occurs in the boreal forest and Arctic t undra of the Northern H emisphere and is most common under a forest canopy on dry, acidic and low nutrient soil s. ![]() Lingonberry is self-pollinating but planting two or more varieties with similar bloom times encourages cross-pollination, producing larger yields of bigger berries.Text: Anna Palmé The lingonberry is found across most of the Nordic region and has a circumpolar distri bution across Europe, Asia and North America. A light spring fertilization will help produce the best fruiting and color. Cold hardy and low maintenance, lingonberry grows best in sunny locations with peaty, moist, well-draining soil with an acidic pH. The flowers attract birds and butterflies unused berries sustain songbirds.Ī Vaccinium vitis-idaea, commonly called lingonberry, Koralle is a mat-forming evergreen that spreads moderately by underground runners to form colonies with attractive glossy, dark green leaves. The berries are slightly tart and can be eaten fresh or cooked in jams, jellies, and preserves. It blooms in loose terminal clusters of small, bell-shaped, nodding white to blush pink flowers, first in spring and again in summer, followed by small round bright red berries in summer and possibly again in fall. Koralle is a low-growing ground cover shrub that sets 2 crops a year in optimal conditions. ![]() Vaccinium Koralle Lingonberry is valued not only for fruit production but also for ornamental purposes.
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