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  Mayhaw
The mayhaw is the fruit of the thorny hawthorne tree.
The mayhaw is a wild native fruit tree found along river bottoms and swamps from the Trinity River of Texas, east to Georgia and Florida, and throughout Louisiana.
Mayhaws are generally cooked, the juice strained and made into jelly of syrup.
www.ediblelandscaping.com /CareGuides/Mayhaw.htm   (985 words)

  
 Louisiana Mayhaw Association
The mayhaw is a Hawthorne native to the southeastern states that is normally a 20 - 30 foot tree at maturity.
Louisiana mayhaws are also being utilized by the Louisiana Department of Agricultrue and Forestry and the USDA for reforestation as a wildlife food.
The mayhaw is best known for the delicious, unique jelly that has been a southern favorite for generations.
www.mayhaw.org   (367 words)

  
 Experiments and Observations on Growing Mayhaws as a
Mayhaws merit attention not only for their delightful aromatic fruit, but also because they are one of the few ornamental flowering trees adapted for use in lakeshore and wet area landscaping.
Mayhaws are locally abundant in low wet areas in limesinks, bays, sloughs, river bottoms and along streams and in swamps from North Carolina to Florida and west to Arkansas and Texas (Payne and Krewer, 1990, Payne, Krewer and Eitenmiller, 1990)
Undoubtably mayhaws would benefit from more detailed pruning to increase light penetration into the interior of the tree, but this is very time consuming, because prunings must be carried out of the orchard.
pubs.caes.uga.edu /caespubs/pubcd/mayhaw.htm   (3702 words)

  
 MyFiles\Mayhaw page
The heaviest concentrations of native mayhaw trees are found in Grant Parish, Louisiana, near Winnie, Texas and in the Pearl River swamps of Mississippi.
Since the mayhaw trees are native trees they are capable of reproducing themselves from the seeds that are left on the ground when fallen fruit rots, and from the seeds in the fruit that are carried away by birds and animals.
Many mayhaw trees are planted by nature in low areas where the seed are washed from trees on hillsides in rainy periods and deposited in the low areas where the seed is sheltered from the elements by leaf mold and debris.
www.geocities.com /ccduster/mayhaw.htm   (1632 words)

  
 Granny Annie's  Mayhaw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Mayhaws – a cousin to the apple, crabapple and hawthorn – once were an important fruit across much of the South.
Mayhaw trees grow wild in the swamps and bogs in such small geographical area that the berries are highly prized and the tart sweet jelly hoarded for special occasions.
The thing that strikes you immediately about the mayhaw is the rich color, which transitions from a bright red to a small patch of yellow on many pieces of fruit.
www.grannyannies.net /Mayhaw.htm   (203 words)

  
 The Mayhaw Tree, A Division Of Hillside Orchard Farms, Inc
Mayhaw Jelly is a rare delicacy made from the tart red berry that grows in the swamps and bogs of Southwest Georgia.
Colquitt, in Miller County, Georgia, is the center of the Mayhaw growing area.
Mayhaw trees grow wild in such a small geographical area that the berries are highly prized and the tart sweet jelly hoarded for special occasions Mayhaws are called berries, but technically they are members of the haw or apple family.
www.mayhawtree.com   (170 words)

  
 Mayhaw: A New Fruit Crop for the South
The mayhaw, an edible early ripening hawthorn, is a relatively unexplored and underutilized indigenous fruit tree of the lower southern states.
Mayhaws are locally abundant in low, wet areas in the alluvial acid soils of rivers, streams and swamps from North Carolina to Florida and west to Arkansas and Texas, (Fig.
Mayhaws should be trained to a single trunk at the base with the first branches at 45 cm or higher so orchard equipment can be operated under the tree.
www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/proceedings1990/v1-317.html   (1699 words)

  
 Mayhaw - Definition, explanation
A Mayhaw is the name given to the fruit of three species of hawthorn tree that are common in wetlands throughout the U.S. South.
Mayhaws are often collected out of the water from boats to be used to make jelly.
Mayhaw jelly is considered by some to be among the finest jellies in the world.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/m/ma/mayhaw.php   (244 words)

  
 Texas Mayhaws
Mayhaws can be propagated by the seed of ripe fruits, by rooted cuttings, or by grafting the mayhaw onto a rootstock.
Mayhaws can be grafted onto Washington hawthorne seedlings which are available commercially, but their performance at maturity has not been determined.
Mayhaw trees are long-lived and may have a 30-foot diameter canopy after 17 years and grow to 30 feet tall.
aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu /extension/fruit/mayhaw/mayhaw.html   (857 words)

  
 winemaking: mayhaw wine
The fruit resembles a crab apple, is usually red or pink (although both yellow and orange ripe fruit are known), and is usually 1/2 to 1 inch in diameter.
Because Mayhaws will tolerate "wet feet" (growing in water), they can be found growing in swamps and wetlands.
Despite the extended time it takes to make and age this wine, Mayhaw is generally an excellent wine with a brilliant color that is well worth the effort.
winemaking.jackkeller.net /texmayha.asp   (601 words)

  
 winemaking: mayhaw wines
They usually differ from place to place, depending on how many other hawthorn varieties are or have been in the area (they cross-pollinate freely, adding to their variety).
One of the desirable characteristics sought by Mayhaw breeders is late flowering and fruiting.
Premature Mayhaws are astringent and unsuitable for jelly or wine.
winemaking.jackkeller.net /mayhaw.asp   (545 words)

  
 Minor Fruits and Nuts
Mayhaw trees are small- to medium-sized trees with beautiful white blooms and attractive fruit; they are desirable as ornamentals and for wildlife cover and forage.
Mayhaw trees are long-lived and may have a 30-foot diameter canopy after 17 years, so plant trees 15 to 20 feet apart in the row with 18 to 20 feet between rows.
Mayhaws appear to be initially graft-compatible with any hawthorn, but using mayhaw rootstock is the safest bet.
pubs.caes.uga.edu /caespubs/pubcd/b992-w.htm   (6637 words)

  
 Georgia Mayhaw Jelly to buy
Mayhaws are native to the soggy swamplands of South Georgia.
Mayhaws grow on trees and are small, round, red, tart fruit (about 1/2 to 3/4 inch in diameter).
As Mayhaws have many seeds, the trees have many thorns, and b/c of their small size, it takes many to make Mayhaw Jelly.
www.southerngracefarms.com /mayhawjelly.html   (203 words)

  
 El Dorado, Arkansas: Mayhaw Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
The South Arkansas Historical Foundation's Mayhaw Festival features the finest of mayhaws, a berry that conjures up fond memories for many old-timers, of family expeditions to gather the bright red or yellow fruits and of the meals with hot biscuits, butter and mayhaw jelly that followed.
The mayhaw is native to low-lying, acid soils of river bottoms, streams and swamp land in the South.
Traditionally, mayhaws are gathered for use in jellies, jams, wines and pies.
www.aiea.ualr.edu /dina/cities/eldorado/recreation/mayhaw.html   (389 words)

  
 Crescent City Farmers Market: News
If you've ever tasted Louise Conarty's mayhaw jelly, you will pull the money out to buy some.
It ripens from mid-April to early May, hence the name mayhaw.
After frost, the leaves turn a beautiful yellow.The mayhaw is a wild native fruit tree found along river bottoms and swamps from the Trinity River of Texas, east to Georgia and Florida, and throughout Louisiana.
www.crescentcityfarmersmarket.org /news/news_market_detail.php?news_id=513   (312 words)

  
 History Of The Mayhaw
Mayhaw trees are highly desirable as fruit trees, ornamentals, and as a wildlife source food.
Mayhaws are botanically closely related to apple, pear, and crabapple trees, and the rootstock of mayhaws has been used successfully to dwarf those fruits.
Once Mayhaws were only known as thorny hawthorns that grew in the swamps that produced bushels of floating red berries in May that could be easily scooped up with nets out of rivers, creeks and lakes for jelly making.
www.submityourarticle.com /articles/Patrick-Malcolm-1285/mayhaw-7972.php   (852 words)

  
 Mayhaw
The Mayhaw tree, Crataegus aestivalis, is a slow-growing native North American tree that reaches a height of 30 feet with a rounded canopy that spreads to 35 feet or more.
The dark green, deciduous leaves are often three-lobed and have red/brown undersides.
Mayhaw trees have small, round reddish fruit that are about 1/2 to 3/4 inch in diameter and resembles a crabapple.
www.naturehills.com /new/product/productdetails.aspx?proname=Mayhaw   (217 words)

  
 Just Fruits and Exotics
When you can find Mayhaw jelly in elite gift shops or progressive produce stands, it will cost around $6 a pint and is well worth it.
Mayhaw needs little care: just provide a good vegetable garden soil and fertilizer.
Mayhaws grow to be small trees with a glorious spring blloom that has to be seen to be believed.
www.justfruitsandexotics.com /Mayhaws.htm   (789 words)

  
 MABEL'S ONLINE DIARY: May is Mayhaw Time   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
This is the time of year for this story, because May is Mayhaw time.
There would be lots of twigs, little limbs, and leaves on the ground as well as the fruit.
I remember once we picked up what was on the ground and spread a sheet under the Mayhaw tree and shook the tree and got the ripe ones on the sheet, and that was fine.
www.alaweb.com /~mabel/mayhaw.html   (376 words)

  
 Mayhaw Festival
The annual Mayhaw Festival is held in Colquitt on the third weekend in April at the Spring Creek Recreation Park, and Mayhaw Jelly, reputed to be "the best jelly in the world," is always in abundant supply.
Colquitt is famous for the mayhaw, a tart fruit from the rose family that grows in swampy areas.
Boats and nets are frequently used to harvest mayhaws, which make the delicious rosy-orange jelly.
www.colquitt-georgia.com /site/page5874.html   (192 words)

  
 Nutrition News & Views Newsletter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
The fruit of the mayhaw is a berry about one-half to three-fourths inch in diameter which ranges in color from a yellow to deep red.
Mayhaws grow wild throughout the southern United States from east Texas to Florida, often in numerous stands of small trees.
Mayhaw trees are more resistant to disease and can withstand low temperatures better than common fruit trees.
msucares.com /newsletters/nutrition/20000330.htm   (521 words)

  
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Mayhaw fruit is native to several of the Deep South states and really thrives here.
The jelly made from the Mayhaw is in our opinion the best jelly made.
The range of the mayhaw is from Northern Florida to East Texas, and from the Gulf to about the South Arkansas border.
www.geocities.com /ccduster/page3.htm   (757 words)

  
 Mayhaw Cookies | DianasDesserts.com
Mayhaw trees grow wild in such a small geographical area that the berries are highly prized and the tart sweet jelly hoarded for special occasions.
Mayhaws are called berries, but technically they are members of the haw or apple family.
Mayhaw Jelly recipe can be found on this website in My Recipe Book, under the Jams - Jellies and Preserves category.......Diana
www.dianasdesserts.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/recipes.recipeListing/filter/guests/recipeID/630/Recipe.cfm   (222 words)

  
 National Center for Home Food Preservation | How Do I? Freeze
Two quarts of mayhaws cooked will yield 6 cups of fruit and about 2 cups of pulp when the drained fruit is put through a food mill.
For each gallon (4 quarts or about 4 ½ pounds) of mayhaws, cover with 3 quarts (12 cups) of water.
This document was adapted from "The Mayhaw: Out of the Swamp and Into the Orchard," Ruth M. Patrick, Ph.D., LDN, Extension Nutrition Specialist, 2002.
www.uga.edu /nchfp/how/freeze/mayhaw_juice.html   (380 words)

  
 Louisiana growers celebrate the mighty mayhaw; discuss ways to make it a new fruit product
The transplanting of mayhaws began as the swamps were developed into cropland and residential areas, according to the experts, who say that transformation of land made people who were used to gathering mayhaws in the wild realize they had to grow them instead.
John McLure, president of the Louisiana Mayhaw Association, said the fruit grown commercially in Louisiana is mostly in the central part of the state.
In addition to the lectures and tours, there was also a mayhaw cooking contest to accompany the day's educational events.
deltafarmpress.com /news/farming_mayhaw_growers_celebrate   (532 words)

  
 Cooks.com - Recipes - Mayhaw Jelly
Results 1 - 6 of 6 for mayhaw jelly.
TO PREPARE JUICE: Sort and wash fully ripe mayhaw.
and lemon juice into mayhaw juice in large pan...
www.cooks.com /rec/search/0,1-0,mayhaw+jelly,FF.html   (97 words)

  
 eG Forums -> FoodBlog: Mayhaw Man
Invite Mayhaw Man for a visit and cook it in the yard.
Mayhaw is the fruit of a tree that is native to the hot, humid South.
YOu will never be satisfied once you try it by any other pale imitators like apple, or plum, or any other of the lesser fruits.
forums.egullet.com /index.php?showtopic=40162&st=120   (4405 words)

  
 Mayhaw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
The native Mayhaw, renowned in the South for its fruit as making the best jelly, is most adaptable and ornamental.
Fruits mature in the fall instead of spring.
Mayhaws are less care native small trees with showy white blossoms and good fall leaf color.
www.eat-it.com /Plants/Mayhaw.htm   (88 words)

  
 Mayhaw Jelly
Mayhaw Jelly is a rare and unique southern treat!
Mayhaw berries are native to South Georgia swampy areas.
As Mayhaws have many seeds, the trees have many thorns, and b/c of their small size, it takes many berries to make Mayhaw Jelly (the jelly is seedless).
www.localharvest.org /store/item.jsp?id=5354   (167 words)

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