Thimbleberry Picking Research Paper

This project is about is focused thimbleberry and picking berries in general in the Upper Peninsula. One part of the project is on my family and our folk tradition of picking thimbleberries. I will also be using the books Between the Iron and the Pine by Lewis C. Reimann and Sagas from Sisula by Jingo Viitala Vachon. These books have some stories about berry picking that I can relate and compare my own experiences to. Lastly, I’ll be using an article about Jason Anderson’s master’s degree project titled Thimbleberry Jam Production in Houghton and Keweenaw Counties, Michigan to help give details about the production of Thimbleberry Jam in the Copper Country of Michigan. I will also be using Marsha Penti’s article “It’s in Us, This Berry Picking”: Upper Peninsula Foodways. The thimbleberry has its curious name because it resembles a sewing thimble. You can put a thimbleberry on your finger just how you put a thimble on your finger. Its scientific name is rubus parviflorus. For as long as I can remember, I have been picking thimbleberries. Ever since I was a little kid I can remember enjoying the jam. Thimbleberry picking is part of my culture. It’s a tradition of late summers here in the Keweenaw. All summer I keep an eye on the thimbleberry plants to see if they are getting ripe yet. My family’s tradition of
The best time to go thimbleberry picking is the in the morning. The reason for this is that in the morning it is still cool from the nighttime. The daytime heat has not yet arrived and this allows for ideal picking weather. The only thing you have to deal with in the mornings is heavy dew. That is why it is recommended to wear long pants and long sleeves while you pick. You also need a good pair of shoes because thimbleberry picking terrain is like backwoods hiking terrain. “Thimbleberries according to Florence Mihelcich, grow ‘in the funniest places’ even rough terrain and rock