FRUITS & BERRIES
(Sorted Alphabetically)

BARDAVOS GRAPES, THE
Importance. Fresh, raisins, wine.
Summary. Lush but seedy, purple tint with pink bloom. Delicious fresh, dried into raisins for travellers, or as a sweet port wine.

GUIRO FRUIT, THE
Importance. Underground vine melon.
Summary. Unlike many fruits, the Guiro grows on a vine that extends underground. It is here that Guiro grows and ripens. This is a commonly eaten fruit of the Kanapan and has found its way into many of the local dishes. The Guiro Fruit is a very versatile fruit. The inside is relished as a sweet, juicy treat that is often eaten either between courses at banquets to cleanse the diner's palette, or after meals in a concotion to bring out its sweetness. The juice is even squezzed out of the pulp for drinking or for use in flavoring other dishes. [READ MORE]

KIES, THE
Importance. Produces the nutritious Tra fruit.
Summary. The Alth'ho's skin is soft, with thick tendon-like line running through it. It has a fine root system that does not extend very far into the ground. In the summer season the grass can reach anywhere from a half ped to a full ped in height, with it's color becoming a golden brown. It is mainly used for grazing purposes and can mainly be found in the Sarvonian north. [READ MORE]

LORIV, THE
Importance. Its bland but bulky berries fill the stomach.
Summary. A small bushy plant, approximately half a ped in height, distinctly black in color. The long strip leaves have a green stripe going from the base of the plant to almost all the way to the end of the leaves. With no flowers this plant isn't very attractive. In contrast to the lack of colour the Loriv produces little colourful berries at the base of the leaves. The colours of these berries are generally anything from yellow to red, often a rainbow combination. [READ MORE]

MAID'S EASE, THE
Importance. The Santharian raspberry.
Summary. A tall berry-bearing cane with soft bronze leaves and deep red berries. Grows best in most cultivated settings, although forms a major part of the hedgerow ecosystem as well. Found throughout central Santharia, and grows almost up into arctic regions. Berries are small and quite sweet, containing several edible seeds. The seeds have high concentrations of natural acids and nutrients, so when the whole berry is eaten the flavours blend pleasantly between overly sweet and mouthpuckeringly sour. Small spikes on canes break off easily and embed themselves in skin, so care must be taken when harvesting the berries and leaves. Brewed and taken internally as maid’s ease tea, or soaked in alcohol as a rubbing tincture, this plant causes taut muscles to relax. Every farmer’s wife keeps a bottle of the tea next her bed for menstrual cramps, and many times the husband has had his shoulders massaged with the tincture after a long day’s work - although he would never reveal his "secret" to his peers...

MEDLARAPPLE, THE
Importance. Crisp large berries on a shrub tree.
Summary. Wild fruit tree, bearing crisp pink berries with apple-like texture and sour taste. Wood is tinted a soft pinkishwhite, used in crafts. Berries can be eaten fresh but are better sweetened and dried into fruit leather or made into jelly.

VINTERBERRY, THE
Importance. Red vineberry.
Summary. The Vinterberry is a red-wine berry found over most of Santharia, with a small variation of poisonous black berries (called Corpseberries) found in the Paelelon. Its name comes from the sweet berry and juices it produces, and the Eophyrhim name for it comes from the poisouous black berries the tribe cultivates for festivals and their own wine. [READ MORE]

WINGE CHERRY, THE
Low-growing, spreading fruit tree with a dark reddish wood and small tart fruits. The overall shape of the tree resembles an upturned cup or wide-handled goblet. Thrives in arid climates, prefers slightly acidic soil; thus it grows well in burnt-over areas.

The fruits are too tart even for jelly or jam making; but if boiled in a heavy syrup solution, then individually dipped in sugar and left to dry, they make a very effective anti-cough lozenge. Mothers sometimes threaten their children with fresh winge-cherries if they cry or use foul language: “Yvenn! What did I hear you say? Do you want a winge-cherry for dessert?” Oddly enough, they are never taken up on this offer...