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Gisele Magnusson (gisele@batslab.remote.ualberta.ca) wrote:
: In western Canada we grow a berry called the Saskatoon.  Someone told me  
: it was the same as the "service berry" in the northern United States.  Can  
: anyone describe a service berry to me (color, taste, uses)?  Better yet  
: does anyone know the scientific name for it is?

: Thanks for your help

: Gisele Magnusson
: Edmonton, Alberta

Serviceberry is a common name for Amelanchier species (some species are
also known as Shadbush).

Steven Clemants
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As mentioned in previous post, Shadbush (or Serviceberry, Juneberry)
belong to the genus Amelanchier.  Several selections have been made from
the wild in Canada from the species A. alnifolia.  These are grown for
their edible fruit, primarily in areas that are too cold for the
cultivation of apples and pears.  Another species, A. canadensis, is also
common in N. America.  Email me if you would like information on sources
of material (species or cultivars).
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> In western Canada we grow a berry called the Saskatoon.  
> Someone told me it was the same as the "service berry" in 
> the northern United States.  Can anyone describe a service 
> berry to me (color, taste, uses)?  Better yet does anyone 
> know the scientific name for it is?

The Western Service Berry, Amelanchier alnifolia, grows as shrub
to small tree form (1 to 5 m).  The leaves are alternate, oval
to oblong, petioled, deciduous, and slightly toothed (it reminds
me of a red alder).  The berries are red to deep red (almost 
black).  They are unpalatable, but I don't think they're 
poisonous.  I seem to remember something from my grade school
days that local Native Americans, and Native Canadians, too I 
guess, :-), made wine from them.  The service berry grows from 
Alaska south the California and east to the middle US.

                                     Michael Conner &=8-)}






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Gisele

You have the botanical low-down on Service Berries and now
for the gastronomic side. Someone mentioned about the berries
being inedible. This may be from their smell that is slightly
reminiscent of cyanide (!?). Don't let this put you off. My
partner grew up on a southern Manitoba farm where Saskatoons
were used in place of Blueberries.

We have picked them wild around Thunder Bay here and most
recently have picked them at a "Pick-your-own" berry farm.
We can them in mason jars in a light sugar syrup. They are
wonderful over pancakes in the middle of winter! They are similar
to blueberries in taste and you don't have to bend over to pick them.

We have about 7 species around here: Amelanchier laevis, A. sanguinea,
A. spicata, A. bartramiana, A. stolonifera, A. arborea, (A. humilis?),
and A. alnifolia - the one most people eat and call Saskatoons.

Natives used to beat them into a paste, dry them and mix them with
pemmican for use in winter.

Hope this is of some help/interest

Bruce Thacker
Thunder Bay, Ontario


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In <1994Feb8.144846.22205@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca> gisele@batslab.remote.ualberta.ca (Gisele Magnusson) writes:

>In western Canada we grow a berry called the Saskatoon.  Someone told me  
>it was the same as the "service berry" in the northern United States.  Can  
>anyone describe a service berry to me (color, taste, uses)?  Better yet  
>does anyone know the scientific name for it is?

>Thanks for your help

>Gisele Magnusson
>Edmonton, Alberta

Gisele -- 
In addition to the other responses, I will add my experiences with June
berries (serviceberries, shadblow, etc.).  The species we have growing as
ornamentals on campus here in Ames, Iowa is A. canadensis, which flowers
attractively and sets ample fruit.  I have harvested and consumed the fruit.
Along with friends, I have made baked "juneberry crisp", using an altered
recipe for apple crisp, and it was, indeed suscessful (although a bit seedy!).
My understanding is that the ripe berries do make an acceptable wine, but I
have not attempted that.  When ripe the berries are a red-purple and are
soft...  Around here, they don't last long, you need to race the birds.
That's my $0.02!

Rich Pope, 
Ames Iowa
 
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In <ropope.760809387@vincent1.iastate.edu> ropope@iastate.edu (Richard O Pope) writes:

>In <1994Feb8.144846.22205@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca> gisele@batslab.remote.ualberta.ca (Gisele Magnusson) writes:

>>In western Canada we grow a berry called the Saskatoon.  Someone told me  
>>it was the same as the "service berry" in the northern United States.  Can  
>>anyone describe a service berry to me (color, taste, uses)?  Better yet  
>>does anyone know the scientific name for it is?

>>Thanks for your help

>>Gisele Magnusson
>>Edmonton, Alberta

>Gisele -- 
>In addition to the other responses, I will add my experiences with June
>berries (serviceberries, shadblow, etc.).  The species we have growing as
>ornamentals on campus here in Ames, Iowa is A. canadensis, which flowers
>attractively and sets ample fruit.  I have harvested and consumed the fruit.
>Along with friends, I have made baked "juneberry crisp", using an altered
>recipe for apple crisp, and it was, indeed suscessful (although a bit seedy!).
>My understanding is that the ripe berries do make an acceptable wine, but I
>have not attempted that.  When ripe the berries are a red-purple and are
>soft...  Around here, they don't last long, you need to race the birds.
>That's my $0.02!

>Rich Pope, 
>Ames Iowa
> 
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As far as I know there are two versions of it growing in the US.  The one I
know is the Western one which I've picked near Aspen CO.  It is absolutely
uninteresting raw.  But when cooked and rendered into a puree, it has a mild
berry flavor with a marked almond flavor as well.  








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CL>Gisele Magnusson (gisele@batslab.remote.ualberta.ca) wrote:
CL>: In western Canada we grow a berry called the Saskatoon.  Someone told me
CL>: it was the same as the "service berry" in the northern United States.  Can
CL>: anyone describe a service berry to me (color, taste, uses)?  Better yet
CL>: does anyone know the scientific name for it is?

CL>: Thanks for your help

CL>: Gisele Magnusson
CL>: Edmonton, Alberta

CL>Serviceberry is a common name for Amelanchier species (some species are
CL>also known as Shadbush).

        They grow wild in South Central Montana, at about 5000 ft
elevation.  They are popular with bears.  They are also popular with
people, who use them mostly to make pies.  Many of them never make it
back to the house to become pies (at least when I'm picking). The berry
has a general resemblance to a blueberry, with a fine internal seediness
and a quite good flavor.  It changes durig ripening from red to purplish
black.  The bushy plant grows generally about 10 - 12 ft tall.



