My new all time favorite fruit is the Kousa Dogwood, they're planted in neighborhoods all around me and the fruit is so good! It taste similar to a pumpkin pie with extra cinnamon, although I have heard there is large variance in taste from tree to tree...which I wouldn't know as i hit the same tree continuously
Why are my multitrunk Canadian chokecherries not fertile? Are they ornamental only? They don't get enough berries? The leaves turn purple in summer. Thank you.
That's a good question. Is it a tree you have in your yard? There are lots of potential reasons why a tree might not produce fruit. I really like this channel, and I think this video could be helpful. th-cam.com/video/4pyRlaA5u4E/w-d-xo.html
I read that the wild berries flavors will change plant to plant, and that full sun makes the best tasting. I read a few places that if you dry the fruit whole it gets rid of the cyanide and then you grind it whole into flour for recipes as needed. Some people say not to try it. That was how old-timers used to use them though. They also preserved them in alcohol. I am going to try drying them this year because somebody snagged me saying dried and then powered the wild cherries (choke and black) it makes a chocolate flavored drink. I always try everything said to taste of chocolate. I have yet to come across something that really does, just tried chicory root, chocolate mint plant, and Linden berry and flower mashed so far. I am suspicious of it tasting chocolate, but I will dry and then mash both whole fruit and pitted, so have the cherry/almond flavor and plain cherry flavor. I pick and preserve food every year, my grandpa used to do that with me when I was a kid, but the one thing I can count on using is teas. The frozen berries my mom will turn into pies when she visits me for Thanksgiving and Christmas and I have usually made jellies which she takes back with her. I love picking berries, not a fan of eating them.
Hey! I just subscribed to your channel. I am also in the Okanagan, in Salmon Arm! I’m looking up about chokecherries because my son and I just foraged some to go into our elderberry syrup.
Interesting. I grew up on that side of Okanagan lake - is that just North of Pixie Beach on Carrs Landing road? I think many decades ago they use to have a Boy Scout camp down below ... if I am thinking of the right place.
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager Beautiful area - I do miss it from time to time; especially now in this heat - used to just run down to the lake every day.
Those are definitely picked a bit early...best if near black and even better if they have gone through a frost. Easy way to spot berries you can eat is if they have the crown petals at their base where the flower used to be. Blueberries are one of the more obvious ones of this group.
Beautiful video~I love your manner. I think I have these outside and I am gonna' go see about that.... They are in the back yard of my guest house and the bear here on the western slope of Colorado are coming down for food. I don't want to encourage the bear into my back yard. They are already enjoying the apples on the ground at my neighbors'. Sooooo...I am sending my boys to harvest my pears today too! Thank you!
there are two kinds of chokecherries, the red and the black. I pick them every year. Like the black colored ones for taste.Got the red ones in front of house and big black ones in the back.Don't have far to go and pick. Us natives pick them every summer.
Boy... Id like to have one near the corner of my home in northern ohio but Im not a big fan of the cherries. I guess I would plant that more as a ornamental tree then anything else. They don't make a variety that don't produce many cherries do they?
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager very neat. My sister and I were trying to figure out what it was so I did an image shot and boom there was my answer. We live near the suwannee river in North Florida. The flora never stops amazing me.
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager you're probably right. Our redbuds have already bloomed. Now the dogwoods, florabundas, wisteria and azaleas are in full bloom not to mention all the wild flowers.
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager I’m really not sure just a random thought :) I have a milion of them scattered everywhere in my village so I assumed they are ate round and pooped by a lot of birds 🤭
I have been eating chokecherry since I was a kid! I wash them up in a cup of water then salt them! I swallow the pit and all and I haven’t died from it yet, or taken sick in anyway from it!
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager yes, the table salt is for flavor! I chew up the cherries and swallow the stones whole. No problems whatsoever! Many people in Ontario eat them this way, not just me...lol!
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager lol..You’re welcome.. I hope you like them! But a lot of us folks in Ontario eat them this way, not just me! When my sister was in the nursing home she would always ask me to bring her some salted chokecherries, when they were in season! I like to let them get really dark first. When you put them in a cup or a plastic glass you can just pour them into your mouth! A big mouth full at a time!
I LOVE chokecherry! I wait until they're darn near black before I eat them, this season I want to make a chokecherry pie
My new all time favorite fruit is the Kousa Dogwood, they're planted in neighborhoods all around me and the fruit is so good! It taste similar to a pumpkin pie with extra cinnamon, although I have heard there is large variance in taste from tree to tree...which I wouldn't know as i hit the same tree continuously
What area are you in? Those sound pretty good!
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager I'm in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware but I believe they're pretty much all over the east coast
A long way away from me!
Why are my multitrunk Canadian chokecherries not fertile? Are they ornamental only? They don't get enough berries? The leaves turn purple in summer. Thank you.
That's a good question. Is it a tree you have in your yard? There are lots of potential reasons why a tree might not produce fruit. I really like this channel, and I think this video could be helpful.
th-cam.com/video/4pyRlaA5u4E/w-d-xo.html
I read that the wild berries flavors will change plant to plant, and that full sun makes the best tasting. I read a few places that if you dry the fruit whole it gets rid of the cyanide and then you grind it whole into flour for recipes as needed. Some people say not to try it. That was how old-timers used to use them though. They also preserved them in alcohol. I am going to try drying them this year because somebody snagged me saying dried and then powered the wild cherries (choke and black) it makes a chocolate flavored drink. I always try everything said to taste of chocolate. I have yet to come across something that really does, just tried chicory root, chocolate mint plant, and Linden berry and flower mashed so far. I am suspicious of it tasting chocolate, but I will dry and then mash both whole fruit and pitted, so have the cherry/almond flavor and plain cherry flavor. I pick and preserve food every year, my grandpa used to do that with me when I was a kid, but the one thing I can count on using is teas. The frozen berries my mom will turn into pies when she visits me for Thanksgiving and Christmas and I have usually made jellies which she takes back with her. I love picking berries, not a fan of eating them.
Great comment! Thanks for all the info!
Hey! I just subscribed to your channel. I am also in the Okanagan, in Salmon Arm! I’m looking up about chokecherries because my son and I just foraged some to go into our elderberry syrup.
That's awesome! Thank you! I'm glad you found the channel!
Thank you! I just found this plant in my moms backyard! Bonus in Spokane!
Nice! You're welcome! Hello from across the border!
Interesting. I grew up on that side of Okanagan lake - is that just North of Pixie Beach on Carrs Landing road? I think many decades ago they use to have a Boy Scout camp down below ... if I am thinking of the right place.
You're right about Carr's Landing Road! We were right near Kopje Regional Park. Thanks!
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager Beautiful area - I do miss it from time to time; especially now in this heat - used to just run down to the lake every day.
@mrzoinky5999 definitely very beautiful! I'm very fortunate to live near lakes like that one.
Those are definitely picked a bit early...best if near black and even better if they have gone through a frost. Easy way to spot berries you can eat is if they have the crown petals at their base where the flower used to be. Blueberries are one of the more obvious ones of this group.
Good tips! Thank you!
They are delicious. I like them before they're dark. Super sour !
Chokecherry jelly is 👍
A staple of our northern Ontario diet.
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Thank you!
Beautiful video~I love your manner. I think I have these outside and I am gonna' go see about that.... They are in the back yard of my guest house and the bear here on the western slope of Colorado are coming down for food. I don't want to encourage the bear into my back yard. They are already enjoying the apples on the ground at my neighbors'. Sooooo...I am sending my boys to harvest my pears today too! Thank you!
Thank you! Good luck with the pear harvest!
there are two kinds of chokecherries, the red and the black. I pick them every year. Like the black colored ones for taste.Got the red ones in front of house and big black ones in the back.Don't have far to go and pick. Us natives pick them every summer.
Thank you! It's nice to have options!
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager love your information about the choke cherrie.
Thank you!
Boy... Id like to have one near the corner of my home in northern ohio but Im not a big fan of the cherries. I guess I would plant that more as a ornamental tree then anything else. They don't make a variety that don't produce many cherries do they?
I'm not sure if they do, but they are nice looking. I could see why you'd want one.
Yum! Now I want pancakes with chokecherry syrup!
That sounds good to me, too! Thank you!
Hey so i have canadian red choke cherry hi from michigan
Nice! Are they ripe yet? They aren't ready yet here.
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager almost they get a little more darker then the one you showed but the leaves are a full red already.
Cool! I'm keeping an eye on them here. There are quite a few in my area.
Those chokecherries you ate at 4:33 aren't ripe. They need to be dark, dark purple before being eaten.
Yes, I agree. They're better when they're darker.
We have this tree in our yard. Hello from Florida.👋🇺🇸🍒
Cool! I think it's a pretty nice looking tree. It's all around our neighborhood.
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager very neat. My sister and I were trying to figure out what it was so I did an image shot and boom there was my answer. We live near the suwannee river in North Florida. The flora never stops amazing me.
There's isn't a lot growing around here this time of year. It probably looks very different where you are right now!
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager you're probably right. Our redbuds have already bloomed. Now the dogwoods, florabundas, wisteria and azaleas are in full bloom not to mention all the wild flowers.
I found huge patches in Monzano mts of New Mexico at 9300 elevation
Wow! Did they still look the same?
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager they looked exactly like this.....
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager we also have a Red leaf maple only in this part of the country
Cool!
That's awesome I live in Albuquerque New Mexico.. how did you go about finding this location?
I think that if the pit is swallowed round it will just pass down the digestive track with no problem
Yes, I think you might be right about that. Thanks!
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager I’m really not sure just a random thought :) I have a milion of them scattered everywhere in my village so I assumed they are ate round and pooped by a lot of birds 🤭
I have been eating chokecherry since I was a kid! I wash them up in a cup of water then salt them! I swallow the pit and all and I haven’t died from it yet, or taken sick in anyway from it!
That's awesome! Thank you! Do you leave the salt on when you eat them for flavour?
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager yes, the table salt is for flavor! I chew up the cherries and swallow the stones whole. No problems whatsoever! Many people in Ontario eat them this way, not just me...lol!
@@jacquelinelefebvre2395cool! I think I'll have to try them that way!
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager lol..You’re welcome.. I hope you like them! But a lot of us folks in Ontario eat them this way, not just me! When my sister was in the nursing home she would always ask me to bring her some salted chokecherries, when they were in season! I like to let them get really dark first. When you put them in a cup or a plastic glass you can just pour them into your mouth! A big mouth full at a time!
They also make delicious wine.
Yes, I've heard that but haven't tried it yet. Thank you!
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager My grandmother used to make great chokecherry wine, It tasted a lot like Port.
I picked them in Montana
Nice! I'd like to visit Montana one day. Thank you!
Bear like them. If you have these around and a bear tag that is a good place to stake out.
That sounds like a good idea. Thank you!
Why was I not informed of this upload??
Now you know!
Nice
I want have this
But country is tropical weather
Too bad, but I bet you've got all kinds of other good stuff growing where where are!
loved them as a child turned teeth yellow
I didn't know they were edible when I was a child. Thank you!
From my knowledge "Virginia" was an old-timey way of describing the entire North American contenent. But I could be wrong:/
You might be right! Very interesting. Thank you!
1:44 they look like grapes to me :/
Yes, I agree they look like grapes. Thank you!
THE DARK ONES ARE NOT AS GOOD AS THE RED ONES..
RED ONES SMELL LIKE CHERRIES..