sea buckthorn Hippophäe rhamnoides, a small tree which grows wild in Britain close to the sea, in the Alps, and in Russia and China. It bears clusters of orange berries, insipid in taste, but capable of being stewed and sweetened or made into jams, jellies, etc. Jane Grigson, writing in the Observer in
1988, found that with the addition of cream the berries would make an attractive pinkish-orange ice cream.
The spineless cultivar Novost Altaya, developed in Russia, and experiments elsewhere, including Scotland, suggest that these berries may become more important.
