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Mayhaws are the fruit of a Riverflat Hawthorn tree, also called a "swamp apple" locally. Mayhaw trees grow mostly in wetland areas in the far Southern part of the country, from Florida over to Texas. We have 5 trees that we planted on the side of a hill leads down to one of our ponds. The little mayhaws are about the size of a cherry, but look like a miniature apple. Mayhaw jelly is a delicacy down here, but I dare say that it doesn't touch your raspberry!

Boy, we love jalapeno jelly and cream cheese too! Great on Wheat Thins, but my favorite is Bagel Crisps.

If you need some bread & butter pickles, or sweet pickle slices, just let me know because I have more than plenty.

As you are fond of sayin' ... LIFE IS GOOD!

Hmmmm...I’ll have to think of something to trade you for those pickles! Remind me again what it is that you like? Raspberry something? LOL! ;)

We have Hawthorns up here, too. Spikey devils, but the birds love to nest in them because the spikes keep the raccoons out of their nests. Pretty fruits, but I’ve never heard of anyone using them on the cultivars that grow up here for jelly...I’ll look into that. We have one at work that might be going to waste!

We also have a number of Elderberry Bushes at work; I’ve harvested the berries from those before for juicing, but they are about the size of a head of a sewing pin and quite labor intensive - the birds can have those, LOL!