Amelanchier alnifolia (Saskatoonberry, Saskatoon, Serviceberry or Juneberry), is a species of Amelanchier native to North America in Alaska, across most of Canada from Yukon south and eastward to British Columbia and western Quebec, and in the western and north central United States south to northern California, Utah and northern Iowa. It grows from sea level in the north of the range, up to 2,600 m altitude in California and 3,400 m in the Rocky Mountains.
It is a deciduous shrub or small tree that can grow to 1–8 m (rarely to 10 m) in height. Its growth form spans from suckering and forming colonies to clumped. The leaves are oval to nearly circular, 2-5 cm long and 1–4.5 cm broad, with margins dentate mostly above the middle and a 0.5–2 cm petiole. The flowers are white, about 2-3 cm across; they appear on racemes of 3–20 together in early spring while the new leaves are still expanding. The fruit is a small purple pome 5-15 mm diameter, ripening in early summer
Saskatoon Berries have been featured recently in the Farm & Food Report put out ... against diseases such as heart disease, cancer and macular degeneration.
www.saskatoonberry.com/newsfarm1.html
A three-year study of two saskatoon varieties commonly grown in Saskatchewan, Smokey and Thiessen, has shown that the antioxidant activity of the saskatoon berry is comparative to that of the blueberry, blackberry and grape seed extract. This is exciting news for the Saskatchewan Saskatoon berry industry, says Kelley Fitzpatrick, president, Saskatchewan Nutraceutical Network.
http://www.saskfruit.com/modules.php?name=Sections&sop=viewarticle&artid=253
Saskatoon berries not only taste good, they are good for you. Contained in many fruits and vegetables are the very powerful cancer-fighting compounds known as anti-oxidants.
http://hort4.unl.edu/fruit/02-25-06.html
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