Saskatoons

The saskatoon, saskatoon berry, serviceberry, sarvisberry or juneberry is a shrub native to North America from Alaska across most of western Canada and in the western and north central United States. Historically it was also called “pigeon berry”.
It is a deciduous shrub or small tree that can grow to 1–8 m (rarely to… »

Raspberry

The raspberry (plural, raspberries) is the edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the genus Rubus, most of which are in the subgenus Idaeobatus; the name also applies to these plants themselves. Raspberries are perennial. The name originally referred to the European species Rubus idaeus (with red fruit), and is still… »

Plums

A plum or gage is a stone fruit tree in the genus Prunus, subgenus Prunus. The subgenus is distinguished from other subgenera (peaches, cherries, bird cherries, etc.) in the shoots having a terminal bud and the side buds solitary (not clustered), the pit.
Mature plum fruit may have a dusty-white coating that gives… »

Pin Cherry

Growing as a shrub or small tree, the Pin Cherry usually has a straight trunk and a narrow, round-topped crown. It grows 5-15 m (15-50 ft) tall and 10-51 cm (4-20 inches) in diameter. Trees up to 30 m (100 ft) tall have been found growing in the southern Appalachians, with the largest found… »

Pears

Most pears are deciduous, but one or two species in southeast Asia are evergreen. Most are cold-hardy, withstanding temperatures between −25 °C and −40 °C in winter, except for the evergreen species, which only tolerate temperatures down to about −15 °C. The flowers are white, rarely tinted yellow or pink, 2–4 cm diameter,… »

Highbush Cranberry

Although often called “Highbush Cranberry”, it is not a cranberry. The name comes from the red fruits which look superficially like cranberries, and have a similar flavor and ripen at the same time of year. The fruits, sour and rich in vitamin C, can be eaten raw or cooked into a… »

Hazelnut

A hazelnut is the nut of the hazel and is also known as a cob nut or filbert nut according to species. A cob is roughly spherical to oval, about 15–25 mm long and 10–15 mm in diameter, with an outer fibrous husk surrounding a smooth shell. A filbert is more elongated, being about… »

Haskap

Lonicera caerulea (Blue-berried Honeysuckle or Sweetberry Honeysuckle) is a honeysuckle native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere.
It is a deciduous shrub growing to 1.5-2 m tall. The leaves are opposite, oval, 3-8 cm long and 1-3 cm broad, glaucous green, with a slightly waxy texture. The flowers are yellowish-white, 12-16 mm long, with five equal lobes; they are… »

Gooseberry

The gooseberry is a straggling bush growing to 1-3 meters (3-10 feet) tall, the branches being thickly set with sharp spines, standing out singly or in diverging tufts of two or three from the bases of the short spurs or lateral leaf shoots. The bell-shaped flowers are produced, singly or in pairs,… »

Grapes

A grape is the non-climacteric fruit, botanically a true berry, that grows on the perennial and deciduous woody vines of the genus Vitis. Grapes can be eaten raw or used for making jam, juice, jelly, vinegar, drugs, wine, grape seed extracts, raisins, and grape seed oil. Grapes are also used in some kinds… »

Crabapple

Crabapple trees are small, typically 4–12 m tall at maturity, with a dense, twiggy crown.  The leaves are 3–10 cm long, alternate, simple, with a serrated margin. The flowers are borne in corymbs, and have five petals, which may be white, pink or red, and are perfect, with usually red stamens that produce copious pollen, and… »

Cherry

The cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus. It is a fleshy stone fruit. The cherry fruits of commerce are usually obtained from a limited number of species, including especially cultivars of the wild cherry, Prunus avium.
The name ‘cherry’, often as the compound term ‘cherry tree’, may also… »

Buffalo Berry

Shepherdia (Buffaloberries) are a genus of small shrubs which have rather bitter tasting berries, native to northern and western North America. The genus has three species:

Shepherdia argentea - Silver buffaloberry
Shepherdia canadensis - Canada buffaloberry
Shepherdia rotundifolia - Round-leaf buffaloberry

The fruit are often eaten by bears, which by legend, prefer the… »

Boxthorn

Boxthorn (Lycium) is a genus of the nightshade family (Solanaceae), containing about 90 species of plants native throughout much of the temperate and subtropical zones of the world. They are mostly found in dry, semi-saline environments.
Other common names include desert-thorn, Christmas berry, wolfberry, Matrimony vine, and Duke of Argyll’s tea tree. Goji is… »

Blueberry

Blueberries are flowering plants of the genus Vaccinium (a genus which also includes cranberries and bilberries with dark-blue berries and is a perennial. Species in the section Cyanococcus are the most common fruits sold as “blueberries” and are mainly native to North America. They are usually erect but sometimes prostrate shrubs varying in size… »

Apple

The apple forms a tree that is small and deciduous, reaching 3 to 12 metres (9.8 to 39 ft) tall, with a broad, often densely twiggy crown. The leaves are alternately arranged simple ovals 5 to 12 cm long and 3–6 centimetres (1.2–2.4 in) broad on a 2 to 5 centimetres (0.79 to 2.0 in) petiole with an… »