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Apple (Malus) · Chokecherry · Gooseberry · Haskap · Pin cherry · Saskatoon · Sour cherry
📍 49W8+VC Saskatoon, SK, Canada
🗓 Season: August · September · October · November · July · June
🔍 When is it ripe?
Apple (Malus): Background skin colour shifts from green toward yellow; seeds turn brown when ripe. Fruit separates from the spur with a gentle upward twist. Aroma develops near the base. Wild Malus fruit is often small and tart — excellent for cider and jelly.
Chokecherry: Small clusters ripen from red to very dark purple-black. Intensely astringent until fully dark; seeds and leaves contain hydrocyanic acid — cook or dry before eating in quantity. Best for jams and syrups.
Gooseberry: Unripe: small, hard, very tart (good for cooking). Ripe: translucent, slightly soft, and sweet — variety colour is red, yellow, or green. Ripe gooseberries come off the stalk easily and have a sweet aroma.
Pin cherry: Bright red, very small cherries in clusters. Extremely tart raw; much better cooked into jelly. Ripe when uniformly red and gives slightly.
Sour cherry: Bright to deep red, slightly translucent. Firmer than sweet cherries when ripe. Strong tart flavour — avoid if still pale or streaked green. Harvest before birds; fruits hang briefly after colouring.
Snack-Belt for Sustainability
Just planted Fall 2019, will need time to mature.
Includes: Haskaps, Dwarf Apple, Dwarf Sourcherry, Gooseberry, Pincherry, Chokecherry, and Saskatoon berry.
More info and how to support the project:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/snackbelt-for-sustainability
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