Rose hips

[Linzie2]

MIL has a rose bush that she planted, as it was a leftover from when BIL closed his nursery. The lady who ordered it picked this specific one because of it's prized rose hips; however she never picked it up b/c it was too expensive. It's still a small bush and has relatively few rose hips on it at this point.

So anyway, as I was cruising some back roads I found some more rose hips in the wild. I imagine they're from a multiflora rose:
Rose hips #1
Rose hips #2
After seeing the first bush, I was able to look around and see that there were a ton of them!!!

So back when she got this plant with the amazing hips, I looked around to see what could be done with them. I found some recipes for Rose Hip Jam (and also a band with the same moniker....what a great name for a band!!) but the lone bush didn't have enough hips. So my question is, are some hips good and others bad? Could I use the multiflora rose hips for recipes? Anyone with any rose hip experience, recipes, etc? Thanks!

[canadiyank]

I've eaten wild rose hips that grew up on my property growing up, but they were not tasty. Edible, but seedy and not tasty at all. I don't know about jam or anything, I just ate them off the bush.

[henny penny]

Those are lovely rose hips! You can use any ripe (red) rose hips for jam, rose hip syrup, or dry them and use them as a tea. I have a British preserving book with some recipes, but haven't tried any yet. Googling will get you lots of recipes.