I have fallen in love with an amazing berry and I think you should, too. This berry has many names. In the Tlingit language it is called gaawák. In Latin it is called Amelanchier. In English it is ...

“That Saskatoon moon is calling to me…” Connie Kaldor’s tune seems like an apt theme song for this year. And why is that? I can say with confidence that this is the best crop of wild Saskatoon berries ...

It's been about two years since I first wrote about the saskatoon berry in this column. My interest in this fruiting plant took me on a trip to Alberta a year ago April to spend a week with a ...

Wait—you say you’ve never heard of saskatoons? Let’s try another name. How about serviceberry? Or Juneberry? Shadbush, anyone? The genus of these berries is Amelanchier, and there are many species ...

Resembling blueberries, saskatoons are native berries of the northern plains. Cultivated blueberries are descended from native species, but in the northern plains the “blueberry” of choice is the ...

Fluctuating wheat prices had a hand in pushing the latest superfruit offering toward the market. Sandra Purdy and her husband were looking at how to diversify on their Saskatchewan wheat farm and the ...