<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> 'Ōhelo Berries <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www2.hawaii.edu/~mkamimur/Protective/ohelo_berries.htm">http://www2.hawaii.edu/~mkamimur/Protective/ohelo_berries.htm</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.google.com/images?q=ohelo+berries&oe=utf-8&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=IQkITPevOIzANoiclLYE&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDIQsAQwAw">http://www.google.com/images?q=ohelo+berries&oe=utf-8&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=IQkITPevOIzANoiclLYE&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDIQsAQwAw</a> The 'Ōhelo that grows at higher altitudes and is abundant in the <a href="http://www.instanthawaii.com/cgi-bin/hawaii?%2100euIidhnb70KedqRdArujfaI20hr1vXvm2ufdgfo2m7n5d6eOj1FaCSRggHu1eOm90trj7aO0bnTonBTAfvIlOanfazvobUTgEku2mvn0C0uCew80CSRArrodiZOvC6">Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park</a> and Volcano area. The plant is usually small, from 6 inches to waste high, though it can ocassionally be larger. The plant has many branches with small rounded leaves. Young leaves at the thops are redish with green mature leaves. Related to the cranberry plant, the berries of the 'Ōhelo are edible and quite delicious. They range in color from bright red to yellows and oranges and the color is not necessairly indicative of the ripeness. The berries can be slightly tart to very sweet, depending on the plant and the maturity of the berries. While 'Ōhelo grows berries throughout the year and plants with berries may be next to ones that just had berries - there are definate seasons where more berries are produced. The 'Ōhelo berry was considered sacred to the Volcano Goddess Pele and offerings of branches with fruit were made into the Kīlauea volcano. Today the berry is a favorite staple of the <a href="http://www.instanthawaii.com/cgi-bin/hawaii?%2100vuvl2TrfAYTofs1E0kejaFK93urjnanseqIgCt04e8Fe29ffrYafiTQndoe2ebvobrTrn5ntaMm5nTrj71Kl3dtMApT0fsIinEr2vuve2df1gnomm1n5doe3jKF7C6Rng2">Hawaiian Nēnē Goose</a> as well as people. Important Note: Because the 'Ōhelo berry is eaten by the protected Nēnē Goose do not pick any berries you find in the park. Related to the 'Ōhelo is the 'Ōhelo kau lā au. This plant grows much taller, up to 6 ft and is more of a bush. The leaves and berries are much larger as well. The berries are also edible and when ripe can be quite sweet - though this variety is much harder to find. Good Mana! Tom Gilliard Sebastian Dziallas wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:AANLkTikElQD9WCyKDEXaKYhPVjKx0FOLdqiJJSUjw3F4@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">We'd like to kick off the process for the upcoming Sugar on a Stick v.4 already, while gearing up for the SoaS PR at LinuxTag, too. And so we're looking forward to your ideas and suggestions on the codename and colour selections for the next release iteration. These will be discussed at the next meeting, which is scheduled to take place on Monday, June 7 on 1900 UTC in #sugar-meeting. Thanks, --Sebastian _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>