Michae5045@aol.com wrote: > > 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 Try asking for them, or check seed catalogs, under any of the following names: Husk or strawberry tomato, strawberry cherry, or winter cherry. Info courtesy "The Grocer's Encyclopedia", 1911. Ralph H. Schwalm