Originally from Slovenia, Dr. Anže Švara (PhD) had never even heard of Saskatoon before seeing a job opening at the ...

A University of Saskatchewan researcher seeks to catagorize varieties of the saskatoon berry — a fruit historically difficult ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) @sfield_msun Bill Miller’s Saskatoon berry plants didn’t fare well ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the earliest flowering shrubs of the Montana spring is western serviceberry, Amelanchier alnifolia. The snowy-white flowers are abundant and fragrant, filling the air with promises of good ...

Almost a year ago to the day, I wrote about the Saskatoon berry for this column article. Well, I am still as excited as ever about the potential for this fruit in Nebraska gardens and perhaps ...

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 ...