green and yellow ground cherries in a white bowl and on a wooden surface

Recipe: Grandma Ott’s Ground Cherry Jam

Grandma Ott’s Ground Cherry Jam, submitted by Diane Ott Whealy, co-founder of Seed Savers Exchange. My Grandma Ott treasured her ground cherries for jams and pies. She would pick all she could before frost and store them in their husks under a bed upstairs. They would keep for months in that cool place and could be used fresh for special-occasion pies in the winter.

A group of dark yellow ground cherries with tan papery husks on a rock surface

Growing Guides

Growing Guide: Ground Cherry

Commonly known as ground cherry, dwarf cape gooseberry, and strawberry tomato, this plant produces a small, yellow, edible berry surrounded by a papery husk.