Aunt Molly’s Ground Cherry

Ground cherry, also commonly known as husk cherry, dwarf cape gooseberry, and strawberry tomato, produces a small, yellow, edible berry surrounded by a papery husk. Ground cherries typically produce hundreds of fruit on each plant. These have a sweet little bite that tastes like a cross between a tomato and a pineapple. One of my favourites to pop in my mouth while out in the garden.

Compared to many fleshy fruits, ripe ground cherries have a long shelf life and can be held for several weeks, for both eating and seed saving.