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« on: 20 October 2002, 07:55:00 »

Redberry:

The Redberry is a common, medium-sized bush that can be found throughout most of Sorren (with the exception of southern Nybermar and Aeruillin as they don’t like it too hot). The Redberry plant got its name from its many small, tart and, more importantly, red berries. The juice is used for cooking and is suitable for seasoning stews. The juice is also one of the more important ingredients in the Orm Conservation Fluid. Some people also make a jelly out of the berries, which taste good on steaks and with poultry.

Appearance:
After some years of growth, the clusters of Redberry-bushes will expand through the nearby area, joining other clusters, and thus creating small fields of Redberry plants. A Redberry plant might grow up to a fore tall, and an old plant might develop branches nearly a ped long.
The thick and hairy leaves are oval, and placed on the upper side of the branch, simply to get more of the sunlight. The leaves are green on the top, covered with some white hairs, while the underside is white and hairless.
In the spring, the Redberry bushes are covered with small white flowers. The flowers attract bugs and insects with their nectar. The insects spread the pollen quickly, and after some weeks, the last remnants of pollen are spread with the wind. Some days later, the flowers lose their petals, and the female plants create the small red berries. The berries are too tart to eat before the autumn, and by then several birds and animals are already feeding off them, reducing the numbers. The berries drop of the plant about two weeks after they are ripe.
The berries that drop off, add new bushes to the cluster, and the berries which are eaten are carried by the animals to create new clusters elsewhere.

Territory:
The Redberry grows in small clusters throughout Sorren (with the exceptions of southern Nybelmar and Aeruillin), usually at the bases of trees, rocks and other places where they are safe from at least some of the winds. They are able to thrive in most types of soil, but they don’t prefer it too dry, or full of sulphur.

They don’t need very much water, but it’s not necessary to dry ‘em up as their no desert bush. Still, they drink what they’ll get, and with additional water comes additional growth.

Reproduction:
The Redberry can reproduce in two ways: The standard “flowers and bees” style, where flying bugs and insects carry the pollen from the male flowers to the female ones, thus fertilizing the plant and enabling it to produce berries containing fertile seeds. When the berries are ripe, animals or birds eat them, and their wastes spread the small seeds that are within the berries.

The second way occurs when a Redberry bush dies. A Redberry bush might live for nearly 5 years before death. At the point of death, several lesser Redberry-bushes will emerge from the withered plant, slowly suffocating each other, until one is left. Then the process starts all over again.

Usage:
From the Redberry’s fruit some make a rather tart juice, suitable to season meat and some soups. The juice is also one of the main ingredients in the Orm Conservation Fluid. Other people make jam or jelly out of redberries, which tastes nice with steaks, chops and poultry.

Edited by: the Akorn at: 11/23/02 7:38:49 pm


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Re: Redberry

« Reply #1 on: 22 October 2002, 09:04:00 »

Looks like I am the first one to visit this.

First of all, you should state that this is a medium sized bush.
The Redberry is a common, medium-sized bush that can be found throughout most of Sorren (with the exception of southern Nybermar and Aerullin). and it being short and tough should be put under appearance.

Second, "usually at the bases of trees, rocks and other places where they are safe from at least some of the winds." This quote should be put underneath territory, not appearance.

Third, "A Redberry bush might live for nearly 5 years before death. At the point of death, several lesser Redberry-bushes will emerge from the corpse, slowly suffocating each other, until one is left. Then the process starts all over again." This should be put under reproduction.

And last, you have some spelling and grammar mistakes such as:
through not trough

The juice is used for cooking and is suitable for seasoning stews.

The Redberry grows in small clusters throughout Sorren.

The leaves are green on the top, covered with some white hairs, and white on the bottom with no hairs.

Other than those things, I think that this is a great entry.

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Re: Redberry

« Reply #2 on: 22 October 2002, 19:55:00 »

Except for what Finnael has pointed out, i rather like the entry

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Re: Redberry

« Reply #3 on: 23 October 2002, 04:11:00 »

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Re: Redberry

« Reply #4 on: 26 October 2002, 17:42:00 »

Okies, finally found time to look at my forum and start doing my job again!

Thanks for two good entries in a row here, Akorn. They both need a bit more content, and there are still some typos in this one, but it's nice to see a carefully-thought out, realistically-designed, and necessary plant that fits into the existing ecosystem.

My changes/edits/comments/questions are in CAPITALS in your text below, ok? I know it looks like shouting, but it's easy to see where the edits are that way. Note that there are a couple of punctuation items I've added and a few word choices to make the idea clearer or grammatically correct. The only thing I've actually deleted was "stew" as fruit juice and jelly has never to my knowledge gone into a stew sucessfully, but they DO accompany chicken and turkey rather nicely! Think cranberry jelly, duck a la orange, and cornish hens with raisin stuffing, for example....

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The Redberry is a common, medium-sized bush that can be found throughout most of Sorren (with the exception of southern Nybermar and Aeruillin {WHY IS THIS? CLIMATE INTOLERANT? COULD YOU SPECIFY?} ). The Redberry plant got its name from its many small, tart and, more IMPORTANTLY, red berries. The juice is used for cooking and is suitable for seasoning stews. The juice is also one of the more important ingredients in the Orm Conservation Fluid. Some people also make a jelly out of the berries, which taste good ON steaks AND WITH POULTRY.

Appearance:
After some years of growth, the clusters of Redberry-bushes will expand THROUGH the nearby area, joining other clusters, and thus creating small fields of Redberry plants. A Redberry plant might grow up to a fore tall, and an old plant might DEVELOP branches nearly a ped long.
The thick and hairy leaves are oval, and placed on the right side of a branch. (WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ASYMMETRICAL LEAF DEVELOPMENT? OR DO THEY EMERGE EVENLY FROM THE UPPER SIDE OF THE BRANCH?) The leaves are green on the top, covered with some white hairs, WHILE THE UNDERSIDE IS WHITE AND HAIRLESS.
In the spring, the Redberry bushes are covered with small white flowers. The flowers attract bugs and insects with their nectar. The insects spread the pollen quickly, and after some weeks, the last remnants of pollen are spread with the wind. Some days later, the flowers lose their PETALS, and the female plants create the small red berries. The berries are too tart to eat before the autumn, and by then several birds and animals are already FEEDING OFF THEM, REDUCING THE NUMBERS. The berries drop of the plant about two weeks after they are ripe.
The berries that DROP off, ADD new bushes to the cluster, and the berries which are eaten are carried by the animals to create new clusters ELSEWHERE.

Territory:
The Redberry grows in small clusters throughout Sorren (with the exceptions of southern Nybelmar and Aeruillin) (NOTE END BRACKET HERE), usually at the bases of trees, rocks and other places where they are safe from at least some of the winds.(NOTE PERIOD HERE) (WHAT KIND OF SOIL DOES IT LIKE? DRY/DAMP/ACID/PEATY/CLAY/ETC.?)

Reproduction:
The Redberry can reproduce in two ways: The standard “flowers and bees” style, where flying bugs and insects carry the pollen from the male flowers to the female ones, THUS FERTILIZING THE PLANT AND ENABLING IT TO PRODUCE BERRIES CONTAINING FERTILE SEEDS. When the berries are ripe, animals or birds eat them, and their wastes spread the small seeds that are within the berries.

The second WAY OCCURS when a Redberry bush dies. A Redberry bush might live for nearly 5 years before death. At the point of death, several lesser Redberry-bushes will emerge from the WITHERED PLANT, slowly suffocating each other, until one is left. Then the process starts all over again. (NOTE PERIOD HERE)

Usage:
From the Redberry’s FRUIT some make a rather tart juice, suitable to season MEAT and some soups. The juice is also one of the main ingredients in the Orm Conservation Fluid. Other people make jam OR JELLY out of REDBERRIES, which tastes nice with steaks, chops and POULTRY.

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Re: Redberry

« Reply #5 on: 26 October 2002, 21:43:00 »

Thanx for the comments, Judy... If you can correct the few minor things, which are still a bit unclear, Akorn, I can already integrate the entry this update

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Re: Redberry

« Reply #6 on: 17 November 2002, 10:28:00 »

Yes, how much water needs this bush?


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Re: Redberry

« Reply #7 on: 21 November 2002, 19:01:00 »

Akorn? Yo? You still there?

I like this plant, and would like to start incorporating it into recipes and integrating it with other references (as I think Aylix has already done with his Flunki beast), so would like to see it completed...

Have a look at my suggestions, and if you like them, then we just need a bit more content material to flesh out the yummy fruit, and we can start chowing down!

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« Reply #8 on: 22 November 2002, 06:56:00 »

well, I got a lot of homeework to do these days, but I think I'll take a shot at it later this week.
Planing to work on foodstuff, and finishing this and integrating it into recipies fits my plans right now.


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« Reply #9 on: 24 November 2002, 07:29:00 »

oh, I forgot to tell: I've already taken a look at the suggestions, and edited it before I left... didn’t remember that until now. But I'll flesh it out too. Now.

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« Reply #10 on: 24 November 2002, 21:17:00 »

Ok, I see it has been changed, so I assume that it should represent the final version now. Ok, I'll take it and prepare it...

BTW, Akorn: I've integrated your Sjeibett game field pic, though the explanations of the numbers are missing (couldn't find them anywhere). Can you perhaps provide those?

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« Reply #11 on: 25 November 2002, 02:05:00 »

I've noticed, but I hoped to catch you on msn... well, I'll post ‘em on the Sjeibett thread.

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