Mike, My mother still grows ground cherries. I remember my greatgrandfather grew tons of them. I'd go out in his couple acre garden and pick them off the vine and eat them. I was told they are from the tomato family. They are a yellowish green when ripe and taste something like a tomato. My understanding is they are called ground cherries because they look like cherries and are grown not to high off the ground. Hope this helps Good Luck Candy ---------- > From: Michae5045@aol.com > To: PENNA-DUTCH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: ground cherries > Date: Friday, August 29, 1997 6:29 AM > > My great uncles in SE PA grew "ground cherries", a vine-like plant that had > small fruit with a paper-like skin that had to be peeled off. These were > then made into pies, etc. No one seems to grow them anymore, and I can't > seem to find out what they really were. Any ideas? > > Mike in NY