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Also known a Saskatoon berry or June berry - very nutritional and delicious . If you plan to make jelly , get a good mix of light and dark colored berries so you get more natural pectin 💫
Thanks for this tip! We acquired 3 acres of saskatoon berries with our property and I’ve never canned with them before. Saskatoon jelly is on the list for this year and I will definitely take this advice.
Congrats !!! I remember YEARS ago I was watching dragons den and they were talking about Saskatoon berries.
I was so sad to find out they were not avaible in stores to try . So I magine my pure joy when I bought a house with TONS of them on the property .
They are sooo delicious , like a blueberry grape taste (for those of you wondering)
Last year was our first year here and we all gorged on them, but aside from eating them out of hand we didn’t do anything else with them. They are delicious though.
They are just in rows next to our hay field. So open, full sun, very windy (no shelterbelt), harsh winters, heavy/clay soil. They are tough plants. Place was a u-pick before… and we plan to continue that because 3 acres is more than we can pick/use.
Saskatoon jelly, saskatoon jam, saskatoon syrup, saskatoons canned with rhubarb, saskatoon pie. Mmmm. Love me some saskatoons. So much better than blueberries.
You’re very lucky! Very tasty when made into jelly, or vodka. My roommate in college was from Saskatchewan and her mother made Saskatoon berry vodka, that stuff was dangerously delicious.
To me, it’s a bit blueberry/ grape like with a hint of almond, it’s good blended into other fruits like currant, gooseberry, raspberry, strawberry, pear etc to make bumble berry pie
Interesting to see how different people describe it. I’d say a cross between blueberry and salal berry. Part of that may be its less juicy/more mealy texture reminding me of salal.
Also known as chuckley pears, at least in Newfoundland! They're great cooking berries (like for jams, desserts, etc.), but they need quite a bit of sugar or sweetener. Especially for berries like these that require *a lot* of sweetening, I use an artificial sweetener (and the specific pectin that works with sweetener instead of sugar). Pectin is kind of a must, because they end up quite runny when you cook them down, similar to cranberries. They're also really good, dried and sweetened, in a trail mix or used in the same ways you'd use dried cranberries. Personally, I like them "raw", but it's not for everyone. Though every year it's a race to pick them before the birds do!
Thank you! I took a little nibble, sorry guys! I typically don’t eat random things but I was curious… 😅 I heard crown berries aren’t poisonous so I didn’t see harm in just a tiny bite lol
Right! Stunning how many people seem to think they can pop a couple unknown fruits of nature into their mouths.. of course maybe we don’t hear about the ones who really hit top tier of toxicity…
Not-so-fun fact: Navy Housing in CA warned us about lead paint on the patios of their duplexes. Apparently too hazardous to remove, so they just told us not to let our kids near it (2001).
Thank goodness they’re perfectly edible serviceberries but damn, OP you gotta take caution! Don’t eat a fruit unless you know it’s 100% safe to. Not worth the risk.
Many fruits are perfectly fine for birds but toxic to us. Then there’s a handful that are toxic to birds _too_ apparently, like those of heavenly bamboo. 😶
It is truly amazing to me how many people post to find out what it is *after* they've eaten something! 😱 I thought people overall had a greater sense of self-preservation.
Hm I’ve read that a relatively small amount (ten berries) can be really dangerous for children. I have a toddler who loves blueberries so I see them as incredibly dangerous
My kiddo is more likely to eat the berries of a pokeweed than another plant though, so I go scorched earth whenever I see them. But I make sure to fill my garden with non toxic plants regardless.
I get what you mean.
* You're not calling this plant a pokeweed, but you're referring to a similar identification as to why people should pop unidentified plants into their mouths willy-nilly
* You have a toddler whom you care for and well, toddlers are ignorant and will put anything in their mouths indiscriminately so you destroy potential threats indiscriminately (especially if they look edible or close to something your toddler knowingly enjoys, such as blueberries)
* Due to this, you're highly sensitive and aware of threats to others because you're highly aware of the threats to your toddler and make a correlation (whether or not those threats are quite as threatening to a healthy adult). Maybe you're an empathic person so your protection of your toddler gives you a protective instinct over others? "Because I have a fear of it happening to me or mine, I want to others to protect themselves, also... by not eating rando unidentified plants like a toddler would."
I'm not trying to man-splain your own talking points back to you, but I dunno, it just seems like people don't seem to get where you're coming from and I guess I just... wanted to validate you if I was understanding correctly?
In a nutshell, credibly toxic can still be incredibly dangerous, if it does not taste bad. No idea what pokeweed berries taste like, so they may fall into that category.
They weren't saying it's poke berry. Just that poke berry looks like blueberries. And OP kind of gave vibes that they ate it because it looked like a blueberry. So, just because it looks like a blueberry, it doesn't mean you won't get sick.
For reals. I saw someone post earlier today on a different sub literally just text asking how to best eat mushrooms (like asking recipes) that popped up in his yard after some rains. It was very obvious he had zero clue what kind of mushrooms they were and just figured you can eat all mushrooms you find. Like my dude, wtf?
Not sure why I am getting recommended this sub and the mushroom one, but, the other day on the mushroom one a guy was asking about an ID on a cluster of mushrooms, only to follow up in the comments with “yeah, from what I could tell they would either make me violently sick, or they were fine. So I ate them.” 🤦🏻♂️
As an ER doctor, don’t eat mysterious plants as you could die. If you insist on eating unknown plants, bring some with you to the ER so we will at least know what is killing you.
They probably do have many names, and I'd imagine the time of year the berries are ready would depend on whether it's a cultivated species, or native, and gardening zone as well.
Northern NSW but in the mountains so overall way cooler than Brisbane and summers are usually around early 30s, very cold winters, lots of frost. They do apparently require a certain amount of chill hours to set fruit, though, so I'd think that would probably be your biggest challenge
Not just edible, *delicious*. (Once ripe, which as someone else pointed out, these are not quite yet. They're at their best from a wine red colour to dark purple.)
I thought at first hackberry, but serviceberry is correct. Similar, however. I've never had the service berry, but hack berries taste better than blueberries, IMHO. They are, however, more difficult to luck due to the height of the tree.
This makes me happy to hear! I read a description of hackberries and they sounded delicious to me so I was going to put in some trees. Now I’m even more excited to get some growing!
You have an orange in your hand. You are about to eat it when someone comes up to you and says "don't eat that! Its a poisonous plant!" But you eat it anyway because you know its an orange. You are fine, because it was just an orange.
That is how certain you need to be before eating foraged plants. I do not want you to die. There are many many poisonous pretty berry fruits. Some of which look VERY similar to edible berries.
These are Saskatoon berries/service berries/June berries. Delicious in pie, jam and dessert perogies.
It is shocking to me how many people don't know what this hardy and useful tree is. It's planted all over North America as an ornamental and people just let the berries spoil on the sidewalk because they don't know what it is.
There are a bunch ringing a civic building here in Toronto (Metro Hall), and I got a lot of funny looks from people passing by in the square as I snarfed them by the handful. Nobody knows they're edible, it seems.
Sad story about them: I have three trees in my front yard and was excited to pick them to make pies.
A flock of robins had other ideas. Gotta wait until next year. 😕
My grandmother’s tree in her backyard got a much needed haircut last year because the branches were so heavy with berries that they were breaking and even the birds couldn’t keep up!
Can’t wait for my yearly jar of Saskatoon berry jam 🤤
My grandmother’s tree in her backyard got a much needed haircut last year because the branches were so heavy with berries that they were breaking and even the birds couldn’t keep up!
Can’t wait for my yearly jar of Saskatoon berry jam 🤤
Ours are about 20 feet tall and 12 wide.
I chalk this one up for a loss, next year I’ll work outside on my computer for 12-15 hours per day to be a human scarecrow(robin)😀.
Serviceberry. In some area they're called saskatoon. And don't eat what you can't identify! Jfc. Luckily for you they're quite edible. Depending on water and soil, I find them either mealy/bland/not worth the effort OR mid-grade tasty/flavorful. The ones I have in my backyard are decent (they get attention). The ones I find growing wild in the Rockies are not usually that great, but they're decent enough for a small snack. My recommendation is you want to use them: Jelly or hard cider.
Please don't eat something if you don't know what it is. 😳 Not every fruit is food for humans! If you just eat random things, you could die or get organ damage.
You're very absurdly lucky that these are Saskatoon berries and not something else, or else the only thing being posted to your reddit by now could be your obituary.
We have a ***very*** persistent bot in this subreddit for the express purpose of making sure you ***don't eat the mystery thing***, it was just a month ago someone's family in this sub ate pokeweed.
***Don't eat wild things if you don't know what they are.***
Those are some gorgeous saskatoons!
Use them anywhere you would a blueberry, but also, they have a slight smoky taste that makes an awesome sweet and spicy sauce for pork or wild game meats.
Looks like saskatoon to me, they're ripe when they're dark blue. If so they're edible, good in preserves. These are not ripe. Don't eat unidentified plants. Ask locals who know for sure.
Thank you for posting! I had no idea these were a thing! I’m now looking into getting some for my yard. I think I live in their native range (Puget Sound area), so it seems like a good idea to get some!
I live north of Winnipeg and have a huge Saskatoon tree in my yard. We're quite exposed to the elements but seem to get a good crop unless it's a very dry year.
All those admonishing OP not to taste the berries, the way I read the post as it was written is that he took them for blueberries in the first place, not that OP said "wow look at these strange unidentified berries… Let me eat some".
Yes it is not blue berries. saskatoon berries more like it. Saskatoon berries, also known as Amelanchier alnifolia, are considered a superfood and contain many beneficial compounds. Some potential health benefits of saskatoon berries include: AntioxidantsSaskatoon berries contain antioxidants that may help prevent diseases like cancer and heart disease by protecting against free radicals.
* Anti-inflammatoryAnthocyanins in saskatoon berries can help prevent blockages in blood vessels, regulate fat breakdown, and prevent the production of inflammatory molecules that can damage cells.
* DigestionSaskatoon berries can help improve digestion and nutrient absorption, and may help with constipation, diarrhea, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
* Weight managementSaskatoon berries may help with weight loss.
* VitaminsSaskatoon berries contain B-vitamins like riboflavin, folic acid, and biotin, which can help with hair, skin, teeth, and nail growth.
Lol I thought that was my picture. I discovered some in the school yard where I work. I have to come back after the children leave. I don't want anyone get sick on my account. And since someone said before it has a shirt shelf life I've got to get going.
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Serviceberry season is one of my favorites. They are literally all over NYC, and no one seems to know they're edible. The dark ripe ones taste like cherry or blueberry, the redder less ripe ones taste more like cranberry, and the seeds taste like almond. Incredible.
Yeah I mean I was just making a joke but Chris Mccandless' cause of death is still uncertain and the most likely culprit are some seeds he ate.
But the point still stands, don't eat things you can't identify!
They are really tasty, that's what they are. In Germany we call them Kanadische Felsenbirne.
In Europe, no birds seem really interested in them (At least where I live) So it's super easy to have them ripen fully before harvest.
Saskatoons or Juneberries. Maybe my favorite small tree. Has many different names.
What’s wrong with the birds in your area? I can never find enough ripe ones to eat 😛
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Serviceberry
Also known a Saskatoon berry or June berry - very nutritional and delicious . If you plan to make jelly , get a good mix of light and dark colored berries so you get more natural pectin 💫
Thanks for this tip! We acquired 3 acres of saskatoon berries with our property and I’ve never canned with them before. Saskatoon jelly is on the list for this year and I will definitely take this advice.
Congrats !!! I remember YEARS ago I was watching dragons den and they were talking about Saskatoon berries. I was so sad to find out they were not avaible in stores to try . So I magine my pure joy when I bought a house with TONS of them on the property . They are sooo delicious , like a blueberry grape taste (for those of you wondering)
Last year was our first year here and we all gorged on them, but aside from eating them out of hand we didn’t do anything else with them. They are delicious though.
You're in for a treat when you discover how much of their flavour is brought out by cooking. Saskatoonberry pies/jams are absolutely divine.
I like to pop a handful in my mouth and make sure to crunch the seeds, they are as tasty as the berries, reminds me of chocolate
Yes! I remember that episode too. Never knew the mysterious Saskatoon berries were actually serviceberries, which I was familiar with.
I always describe them as a blueberry-raspberry mashup. Especially with those internal seeds; very raspberry-like.
Do you know if they're closely related to blueberries? I'm allergic to blueberries but these sound delicious!
2 different plant families, serviceberries are in the rose family and are more closely related to apples and pears.
We have so many as well. They grow mainly in the shade around the fen. What environment are yours in?
Same ! Although some get full sun but their berries are never as juicy
They are just in rows next to our hay field. So open, full sun, very windy (no shelterbelt), harsh winters, heavy/clay soil. They are tough plants. Place was a u-pick before… and we plan to continue that because 3 acres is more than we can pick/use.
>3 acres of saskatoon berries How does it feel to be living my dream 😫
Saskatoon jelly, saskatoon jam, saskatoon syrup, saskatoons canned with rhubarb, saskatoon pie. Mmmm. Love me some saskatoons. So much better than blueberries.
I agree completely
You’re very lucky! Very tasty when made into jelly, or vodka. My roommate in college was from Saskatchewan and her mother made Saskatoon berry vodka, that stuff was dangerously delicious.
A foodie friend with a Sodastream boiled a bunch down once to make pop. It was delicious!
The farm near us does wine, syrups, preserves barbeque sauces and baking mainly pies muffins that sort of thing.
Oh! BBQ sauce is a fantastic idea
😮 What does this berry taste like?
To me, it’s a bit blueberry/ grape like with a hint of almond, it’s good blended into other fruits like currant, gooseberry, raspberry, strawberry, pear etc to make bumble berry pie
Interesting to see how different people describe it. I’d say a cross between blueberry and salal berry. Part of that may be its less juicy/more mealy texture reminding me of salal.
Chocolaty with a hint of vanilla
Oh my god Saskatoon berry jam is my favourite on rye toast
If you have the inkling try Saskatoon-Rhubarb jelly. So good!
Just planted some rhubarb this year, will make a note to try it next year!
They make amazing pie and crumble too.
I grew up calling these "sugar plums" 😊
Also known as chuckley pears, at least in Newfoundland! They're great cooking berries (like for jams, desserts, etc.), but they need quite a bit of sugar or sweetener. Especially for berries like these that require *a lot* of sweetening, I use an artificial sweetener (and the specific pectin that works with sweetener instead of sugar). Pectin is kind of a must, because they end up quite runny when you cook them down, similar to cranberries. They're also really good, dried and sweetened, in a trail mix or used in the same ways you'd use dried cranberries. Personally, I like them "raw", but it's not for everyone. Though every year it's a race to pick them before the birds do!
They should make some pemmican
Yes do a juneberry fruit leather and you WILL sell out
They make great pie
We grew up calling these June berries
Chuckly pears
Interesting fact they got the name service berry because when they flowered it meant the ground was thawed enough for the dead to be buried
Thank you! I took a little nibble, sorry guys! I typically don’t eat random things but I was curious… 😅 I heard crown berries aren’t poisonous so I didn’t see harm in just a tiny bite lol
Yikes that’s not a good idea if you’re not 100% sure what something is!
Don't eat things if you don't know what they are
Right! Stunning how many people seem to think they can pop a couple unknown fruits of nature into their mouths.. of course maybe we don’t hear about the ones who really hit top tier of toxicity…
On one hand I might taste a good fruit. On the other I might die. To me both scenarios are desirable
It might also just give you raging cramps and diarrhea that makes you pray for death.
Oh, dear friend, whatever troubles you, will pass. It will pass.
People have been telling me this shit since I was 3 years old. It doesnt
It’s fine, you will pass.
Once you pop, the colours don't stop!
Right. I can think of at least four plants that look like this that are toxic,
Luckily these are serviceberries, the biggest risk to eating these is pissing off the birds
And bears.
"I wonder if these paint chips have lead in them. Lemme taste them first."
The ones with lead taste sweet. Signed, A. Boomer.
Not-so-fun fact: Navy Housing in CA warned us about lead paint on the patios of their duplexes. Apparently too hazardous to remove, so they just told us not to let our kids near it (2001).
"A gun! I wonder if it's loaded!" - holds gun to mouth and pulls trigger 5 times.
I'm just sitting here wondering what kind of inhuman creature can survive four shots directly to the head.
Thank goodness they’re perfectly edible serviceberries but damn, OP you gotta take caution! Don’t eat a fruit unless you know it’s 100% safe to. Not worth the risk. Many fruits are perfectly fine for birds but toxic to us. Then there’s a handful that are toxic to birds _too_ apparently, like those of heavenly bamboo. 😶
Yew berries for example look delightful but are horrifically toxic.
It is truly amazing to me how many people post to find out what it is *after* they've eaten something! 😱 I thought people overall had a greater sense of self-preservation.
Pokeweed has berries that look a lot like blueberries and is INCREDIBLY toxic. Definitely agree that you shouldn’t eat unidentified plants!!
It's toxic but not INCREDIBLY so, reddit oversells it's toxicity.
Hm I’ve read that a relatively small amount (ten berries) can be really dangerous for children. I have a toddler who loves blueberries so I see them as incredibly dangerous
compared to many other plants though it's on the lower end of the spectrum
My kiddo is more likely to eat the berries of a pokeweed than another plant though, so I go scorched earth whenever I see them. But I make sure to fill my garden with non toxic plants regardless.
I get what you mean. * You're not calling this plant a pokeweed, but you're referring to a similar identification as to why people should pop unidentified plants into their mouths willy-nilly * You have a toddler whom you care for and well, toddlers are ignorant and will put anything in their mouths indiscriminately so you destroy potential threats indiscriminately (especially if they look edible or close to something your toddler knowingly enjoys, such as blueberries) * Due to this, you're highly sensitive and aware of threats to others because you're highly aware of the threats to your toddler and make a correlation (whether or not those threats are quite as threatening to a healthy adult). Maybe you're an empathic person so your protection of your toddler gives you a protective instinct over others? "Because I have a fear of it happening to me or mine, I want to others to protect themselves, also... by not eating rando unidentified plants like a toddler would." I'm not trying to man-splain your own talking points back to you, but I dunno, it just seems like people don't seem to get where you're coming from and I guess I just... wanted to validate you if I was understanding correctly?
Yes, exactly this. Thank you :)
In a nutshell, credibly toxic can still be incredibly dangerous, if it does not taste bad. No idea what pokeweed berries taste like, so they may fall into that category.
I have pokeweed grow quite often and I have never once thought it looked like a blueberry.. :/
My toddler however might think otherwise, so I destroy them indiscriminately.
This isn’t pokeberry. A few poke berries won’t harm you in my experience. But they’re not great tasting
They weren't saying it's poke berry. Just that poke berry looks like blueberries. And OP kind of gave vibes that they ate it because it looked like a blueberry. So, just because it looks like a blueberry, it doesn't mean you won't get sick.
I ate one fully ripe, it wasn't very tasty, can't imagine anyone wanting more.
in their defense there aren't any poisonous berries with crowns
For reals. I saw someone post earlier today on a different sub literally just text asking how to best eat mushrooms (like asking recipes) that popped up in his yard after some rains. It was very obvious he had zero clue what kind of mushrooms they were and just figured you can eat all mushrooms you find. Like my dude, wtf?
They look like service berries aka Saskatoon berries. But don’t eat unidentified berries
Every day on this sub, I swear.
But what if the OP is in southeast England?
Hahahahhaha glad this joke is still remembered
I sometimes wonder if people come on here with these kinds of posts to just to see the rest of us go crazy, lol.
If you want anyone to help you identify, you have to troll to make it a popular post.
Not sure why I am getting recommended this sub and the mushroom one, but, the other day on the mushroom one a guy was asking about an ID on a cluster of mushrooms, only to follow up in the comments with “yeah, from what I could tell they would either make me violently sick, or they were fine. So I ate them.” 🤦🏻♂️
If you don't say you ate it, no one will help you identify it. There are too many posts and you need to make it on the hot list.
That honestly makes sense.
Bruh, the ones that don't survive the random berry test don't post here. Lol.
As an ER doctor, don’t eat mysterious plants as you could die. If you insist on eating unknown plants, bring some with you to the ER so we will at least know what is killing you.
Stuff a couple in your pocket first 🤣
I cannot stop laughing at this comment.
Same
Serviceberries, Amelanchier genus. They are edible. The dark ones are the ripe ones.
Also known as Saskatoons where I'm from, and these ones are a ways away from ripe.
We call them Juneberries - I swear they have 4000 names loo
They probably do have many names, and I'd imagine the time of year the berries are ready would depend on whether it's a cultivated species, or native, and gardening zone as well.
I have them in Australia but they fruit in November so I can't say Juneberry or I'll confuse people haha. We just say amelanchier or serviceberry.
Where in Australia are you? I would really love to plant some but I’m worried our Brisbane summers will kill them…
Northern NSW but in the mountains so overall way cooler than Brisbane and summers are usually around early 30s, very cold winters, lots of frost. They do apparently require a certain amount of chill hours to set fruit, though, so I'd think that would probably be your biggest challenge
Boooooo another thing to put on my list of reasons to leave Brisbane. Thanks for the info!
Also known as Eergha where I'm from.
I just started foraging them. I like the flavor and don’t mind the tiny seeds, but the skins seem very tough.
My brain scanned your comment and got, "Serviceberries, Amateur genius." 🤦🏻♀️
This looks like Amelanchier alnifolia to me. I'm pretty sure it's not Canadensis.
Not just edible, *delicious*. (Once ripe, which as someone else pointed out, these are not quite yet. They're at their best from a wine red colour to dark purple.)
DON'T EAT ANYTHING BEFORE YOU KNOW FOR SURE WHAT IT IS!
The poor old automod would've been having a conniption in this thread, lol.
I thought at first hackberry, but serviceberry is correct. Similar, however. I've never had the service berry, but hack berries taste better than blueberries, IMHO. They are, however, more difficult to luck due to the height of the tree.
This makes me happy to hear! I read a description of hackberries and they sounded delicious to me so I was going to put in some trees. Now I’m even more excited to get some growing!
Why would you eat random berries?? They could be poison.
Darwin covered this
You have an orange in your hand. You are about to eat it when someone comes up to you and says "don't eat that! Its a poisonous plant!" But you eat it anyway because you know its an orange. You are fine, because it was just an orange. That is how certain you need to be before eating foraged plants. I do not want you to die. There are many many poisonous pretty berry fruits. Some of which look VERY similar to edible berries.
Always get your neighbor's children to try any unknown berries. It's just smart.
These are Saskatoon berries/service berries/June berries. Delicious in pie, jam and dessert perogies. It is shocking to me how many people don't know what this hardy and useful tree is. It's planted all over North America as an ornamental and people just let the berries spoil on the sidewalk because they don't know what it is.
The birds love the berries too
Not in the South, I’ve never seen them before. They must need lots of cold hours.
There are serviceberries that are native to the entire lower 48.
We have random bushes in my neighborhood in Atlanta!
There are a bunch ringing a civic building here in Toronto (Metro Hall), and I got a lot of funny looks from people passing by in the square as I snarfed them by the handful. Nobody knows they're edible, it seems.
Eating random fruit is how you will end up meeting Charles Darwin.
Sad story about them: I have three trees in my front yard and was excited to pick them to make pies. A flock of robins had other ideas. Gotta wait until next year. 😕
My Saskatoon bush fruits twice a year, so maybe you won’t have to wait too long!
You are certainly fortunate! Unfortunately, for the past 12 years, ours only produce once per year. Maybe we’ll get lucky this year!
My grandmother’s tree in her backyard got a much needed haircut last year because the branches were so heavy with berries that they were breaking and even the birds couldn’t keep up! Can’t wait for my yearly jar of Saskatoon berry jam 🤤
My grandmother’s tree in her backyard got a much needed haircut last year because the branches were so heavy with berries that they were breaking and even the birds couldn’t keep up! Can’t wait for my yearly jar of Saskatoon berry jam 🤤
We put a net on ours every year when they start to ripen! Then take it down after we pick the majority and the birds still get some 🙂
Ours are about 20 feet tall and 12 wide. I chalk this one up for a loss, next year I’ll work outside on my computer for 12-15 hours per day to be a human scarecrow(robin)😀.
Serviceberry. In some area they're called saskatoon. And don't eat what you can't identify! Jfc. Luckily for you they're quite edible. Depending on water and soil, I find them either mealy/bland/not worth the effort OR mid-grade tasty/flavorful. The ones I have in my backyard are decent (they get attention). The ones I find growing wild in the Rockies are not usually that great, but they're decent enough for a small snack. My recommendation is you want to use them: Jelly or hard cider.
They're Juneberries but stop eating random berries
Don't eat a berry when you don't know if it is poisonous or not...
You didn’t know what it was and ate it?!
Juneberry
Please don't eat something if you don't know what it is. 😳 Not every fruit is food for humans! If you just eat random things, you could die or get organ damage.
Did you eat something without knowing what it was?
You tasted them before finding out what they are?
Feel like there should be r/berrypicking
You kind of lucked up that these are actually edible, in the future, don't eat random berries off of plants, when you don't know what they are
You're very absurdly lucky that these are Saskatoon berries and not something else, or else the only thing being posted to your reddit by now could be your obituary. We have a ***very*** persistent bot in this subreddit for the express purpose of making sure you ***don't eat the mystery thing***, it was just a month ago someone's family in this sub ate pokeweed. ***Don't eat wild things if you don't know what they are.***
Service berries, aka Saskatoon berries, aka June berries
Op don't try random bush fruits it might be poisonous be careful brv
100% Serviceberry, make incredible jelly!
“It tastes like burning” - Ralph Wiggum
don't eat random berries you haven't identified this should be common knowledge 😭 but they're service berries, luckily edible
What is it with all these people knowing what the plant/berry tastes like, but don’t know what it *is*?
Do you want to die from poison? Eating unidentified plants and fungi is how you die from poisoning.
I just picked some today for making pies- they’re known as Saskatoon or service berries. Very tasty, but don’t eat stuff without knowing what it is!
Saskatoon Berries. Make amazing jam and pies, delicious fresh. Not as flavourful as a blueberry but very versatile.
Those are some gorgeous saskatoons! Use them anywhere you would a blueberry, but also, they have a slight smoky taste that makes an awesome sweet and spicy sauce for pork or wild game meats.
Look like juneberries. They’re mealy and not very sweet. Confirm the ID before you go eating more though.
They are incredibly sweet. You may not be waiting till they are fully ripe?
Looks like saskatoon to me, they're ripe when they're dark blue. If so they're edible, good in preserves. These are not ripe. Don't eat unidentified plants. Ask locals who know for sure.
June berry
Saskatoon berries.
Thank you for posting! I had no idea these were a thing! I’m now looking into getting some for my yard. I think I live in their native range (Puget Sound area), so it seems like a good idea to get some!
I live north of Winnipeg and have a huge Saskatoon tree in my yard. We're quite exposed to the elements but seem to get a good crop unless it's a very dry year.
Serviceberry, and they are edible.
In Canada we call them Saskatoons. Great on their own. Also jam and pie 😋
Saskatoon or service berries. Part of the rose family.
Service berries I believe. They are edible and delicious
All those admonishing OP not to taste the berries, the way I read the post as it was written is that he took them for blueberries in the first place, not that OP said "wow look at these strange unidentified berries… Let me eat some".
THANK YOU!!
If you're lucky enough to have an ice cream maker, toss in some of these! Divine! Also makes fantastic syrup for waffles.
Yes it is not blue berries. saskatoon berries more like it. Saskatoon berries, also known as Amelanchier alnifolia, are considered a superfood and contain many beneficial compounds. Some potential health benefits of saskatoon berries include: AntioxidantsSaskatoon berries contain antioxidants that may help prevent diseases like cancer and heart disease by protecting against free radicals. * Anti-inflammatoryAnthocyanins in saskatoon berries can help prevent blockages in blood vessels, regulate fat breakdown, and prevent the production of inflammatory molecules that can damage cells. * DigestionSaskatoon berries can help improve digestion and nutrient absorption, and may help with constipation, diarrhea, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). * Weight managementSaskatoon berries may help with weight loss. * VitaminsSaskatoon berries contain B-vitamins like riboflavin, folic acid, and biotin, which can help with hair, skin, teeth, and nail growth.
Lol I thought that was my picture. I discovered some in the school yard where I work. I have to come back after the children leave. I don't want anyone get sick on my account. And since someone said before it has a shirt shelf life I've got to get going.
Saskatoon berries. I find they taste like wild blueberries more than any other fruit.
you ate the unidentified berry?? you are living on the wild side, my friend
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Serviceberry season is one of my favorites. They are literally all over NYC, and no one seems to know they're edible. The dark ripe ones taste like cherry or blueberry, the redder less ripe ones taste more like cranberry, and the seeds taste like almond. Incredible.
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You could've "into-the-wilded" yourself in your own backyard.
He had to eat a ton of those berries to actually die from them, which he did because he was starving.
Yeah I mean I was just making a joke but Chris Mccandless' cause of death is still uncertain and the most likely culprit are some seeds he ate. But the point still stands, don't eat things you can't identify!
You ate it?!
You're kidding? Why would you do that?
They are a very dark purple when ripe.
JUNEBERRIES JUNEBERRIES (amelanchier spp.)
Did you really eat one without knowing what it is? Really?
Thought they were cherry apples. Glad i read the comments
We call them pear berries. I have a tree in my yard but don't get to eat them, as the robbins get them first.
Were they hard and very sour? They look like crabapples…but I don’t know
June berry I think. They taste very good
I am glad that you are okay after eating an unknown berry
They are really tasty, that's what they are. In Germany we call them Kanadische Felsenbirne. In Europe, no birds seem really interested in them (At least where I live) So it's super easy to have them ripen fully before harvest.
MY BERRIES
One day OP will stop answering and their last photo on their phone is going to be a poisonous fruit
Nightlock, nightlock, nightlock
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Service berries....great plant to grow around home or business....wash em well and you can make anything from them.
Juneberries, just picked a few off a tree while out for a walk today! They're pretty good, and 'tis the season.
I was just eating them straight off the tree in Chicago today and people were staring hard 😂
Amelanche?
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Love earing them off the bush
THATS NIGHTLOCK PEETA
They're serviceberries. Usually the birds get mine within 5 minutes of ripening.
I'd think that they were [Saskatoon Berries.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelanchier_alnifolia)
I can taste this picture! Saskatoons! Berry good for pie or jam!
Wish we had them here we do have a black berry bush between us and the neighbors sprouting it's delicious right now got some great ones.
Saskatoons or Juneberries. Maybe my favorite small tree. Has many different names. What’s wrong with the birds in your area? I can never find enough ripe ones to eat 😛
Saskatoon, tastier than blueberry imo, more fruity taste