help identifying this plant/bush (Pryor: best, trees, property)

[grannymontanny]

Has white flowers in the spring,then gets these berries. the birds love them and so do the deer. anyone know what its called ?
http://home.centurytel.net/Dians/index.html/bush/DSCF0009.JPG (broken link)
http://home.centurytel.net/Dians/index.html/bush/DSCF0010.JPG (broken link)

[SeaDreams]

I'm quite sure that's a sarvisberry (or Juneberry, or service berry, as it's also called).

Amelanchier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(Yeah, I know... Wiki's not the best repository of info at times, but it was quick for some good basic info on the plant in this instance.)

[rambrush]

I looked in my Trees and shrubs book it also points to Serviceberry

[grannymontanny]

Thanks you guys.
That is exactly what it is ! Now i have a name we have them all over our property,and have never known what they were.
the waxwings are crazy about them .

[bigtrees]

You can tell for sure if it's a serviceberry (pronounced sarviceberry) by looking at the fruit. Serviceberry fruit is FULL of seeds. I agree that it looks like one, and if so, the serviceberries are edible but I never cared for the taste.

[jarsmom]

Hello all,
Ugggggh, the foul sarviceberry, juneberry or saskatoon, by any name they are still as vile. My grandmother used to ruin perfectly good huc deserts by putting those nasy things in them. She was just too cheap to use all hucs, her excuse was, " the huckleberries is too rich". I would pick those litle balls of vileness out of a huc pie, she would never make just a plain huc pie, and she would holler at me" how can you
tell the diff" VERY EASY gram, the big blue lumps are dispicable and the little purple
lumps are delightful.

[ElkHunter]

Originally Posted by jarsmom

Hello all,
Ugggggh, the foul sarviceberry, juneberry or saskatoon, by any name they are still as vile. My grandmother used to ruin perfectly good huc deserts by putting those nasy things in them. She was just too cheap to use all hucs, her excuse was, " the huckleberries is too rich". I would pick those litle balls of vileness out of a huc pie, she would never make just a plain huc pie, and she would holler at me" how can you
tell the diff" VERY EASY gram, the big blue lumps are dispicable and the little purple
lumps are delightful.

man, I want one. Will it kill me? hahaha

[mtboy]

I actually like the taste very much. They are all over the Pryor Mountains, when ever I'm up there I grab a hand full. Never thought they were bad? Grandma used to make jelly out of them.... yum.

[bigtrees]

Originally Posted by mtboy

I actually like the taste very much. They are all over the Pryor Mountains, when ever I'm up there I grab a hand full. Never thought they were bad? Grandma used to make jelly out of them.... yum.

A lot of people (like my Dad) thought they were great. I think the flavor was alright but I didn't care for how they were full of seeds.

Of course, it's hard to compare much of anything to huckleberries!

Now that I'm in Washington, raspberries and blueberries are my favorite fruit. I missed out on picking them this summer but perhaps next year.

[mtboy]

Yeah, geuss they are kinda full of seeds. They aren't my favorite though. I take a liking to the wild strawberries and even the raspberries. They are hard to come by but off the beaten path you can find them.