Kızılcık, the bright red beauty of this pale but peaceful autumn..Maybe I should call it the autumn ruby..I mean, yes, cornels or cornelian cherry (or Cornus mas)..
Not bright red always , there are many varieties in this Anatolia, one of which is has a color between light brown and orange. Actually this was the type I knew in the name of ‘kızılcık’, like most of the Central-Anatolian people, therefore, I was extremely surprised when I met those big ( as big as an olive), bright, and a little juicy , transparent- red fruits called ‘ergen’ , in Elmalı (Antalya) , as I didn’t expect that t