Comments on: Hips and Haws http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2009/11/20/hips-and-haws/ Sat, 25 May 2013 04:00:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Deirdre Larkin http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2009/11/20/hips-and-haws/comment-page-1/#comment-16113 Deirdre Larkin Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:01:42 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=3810#comment-16113 P.S.---Sigrid has just told me that she was paid a penny a pound for her rose hips. P.S.—Sigrid has just told me that she was paid a penny a pound for her rose hips.

]]> By: Deirdre Larkin http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2009/11/20/hips-and-haws/comment-page-1/#comment-16093 Deirdre Larkin Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:31:27 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=3810#comment-16093 Hello, Rosemary--- Sigrid Goldiner, a lecturer here at The Cloisters, has told me that she picked rose hips as a child in Scotland during World War II as part of a government-sponsored program to increase stores of a much-needed anti-scorbutic. (I've spent many hours picking hips for The Cloisters in the past, and know how much work it is, and I didn't have to make mine into syrup!) Hello, Rosemary—

Sigrid Goldiner, a lecturer here at The Cloisters, has told me that she picked rose hips as a child in Scotland during World War II as part of a government-sponsored program to increase stores of a much-needed anti-scorbutic. (I’ve spent many hours picking hips for The Cloisters in the past, and know how much work it is, and I didn’t have to make mine into syrup!)

]]> By: rosemary perkins http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2009/11/20/hips-and-haws/comment-page-1/#comment-10317 rosemary perkins Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:42:54 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=3810#comment-10317 In countries where orange juice was a rare (and usually unpalatable because canned) import until the late 1950s, dilute rose hip syrup was usually given to infants as a source of vitamin C. (Fresh oranges also had to be imported and were available only seasonally.) The syrup was sold commercially for this purpose in New Zealand and other outposts of the British Commonwealth; resourceful mothers who couldn't afford the commercial brands made their own rose hip syrup. In countries where orange juice was a rare (and usually unpalatable because canned) import until the late 1950s, dilute rose hip syrup was usually given to infants as a source of vitamin C. (Fresh oranges also had to be imported and were available only seasonally.) The syrup was sold commercially for this purpose in New Zealand and other outposts of the British Commonwealth; resourceful mothers who couldn’t afford the commercial brands made their own rose hip syrup.

]]> By: Deirdre Larkin http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2009/11/20/hips-and-haws/comment-page-1/#comment-9281 Deirdre Larkin Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:25:37 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=3810#comment-9281 Hi, Thea---Even here in New York there are some roses still blooming in this extraordinarily mild weather, although not the medieval species in the gardens of The Cloisters, which only bloom in May and June. Hi, Thea—Even here in New York there are some roses still blooming in this extraordinarily mild weather, although not the medieval species in the gardens of The Cloisters, which only bloom in May and June.

]]> By: Deirdre Larkin http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2009/11/20/hips-and-haws/comment-page-1/#comment-9280 Deirdre Larkin Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:19:15 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=3810#comment-9280 Hello, Ann---The contrast of the red hips of <em>Rosa glauca </em>with its gray-green foliage is certainly very beautiful. Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix include the hips of some forty different species in their photographic guide <em>Roses</em> (New York: Random House, 1998). It is certainly worth considering the hips when choosing roses for your garden. Hello, Ann—The contrast of the red hips of Rosa glauca with its gray-green foliage is certainly very beautiful. Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix include the hips of some forty different species in their photographic guide Roses (New York: Random House, 1998). It is certainly worth considering the hips when choosing roses for your garden.

]]> By: thea mcginnis http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2009/11/20/hips-and-haws/comment-page-1/#comment-9166 thea mcginnis Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:07:52 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=3810#comment-9166 since i'm in the DC area, i still have some roses blooming as their last hurrahs! we haven't had a frost yet. (I also still have dalhias blooming, too). but one of my roses has some hips on it. they are so beautiful, gathered and displayed in a small silver bowl. This post was fascinating. Thank you, Deidre! t since i’m in the DC area, i still have some roses blooming as their last hurrahs! we haven’t had a frost yet. (I also still have dalhias blooming, too). but one of my roses has some hips on it. they are so beautiful, gathered and displayed in a small silver bowl. This post was fascinating. Thank you, Deidre! t

]]> By: ann cannon http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2009/11/20/hips-and-haws/comment-page-1/#comment-9161 ann cannon Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:13:04 +0000 http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/?p=3810#comment-9161 Over the years I've planted some roses mostly for their hips--especially the gray-leaved rosa glauca. So beautiful this time of year. Thanks for the information. Over the years I’ve planted some roses mostly for their hips–especially the gray-leaved rosa glauca. So beautiful this time of year.

Thanks for the information.

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