Saskatoon berry is a deciduous native shrub, grown for its berries.

It is also known as Service Berry, June Berry and Shadbush.

Saskatoon Berries are native to North America, growing wild from Alaska to Maine.

Saskatoon cultivation is mostly in Canadian Prairies, Northern Canada, British Columbia, the Northwestern, North Central United States and Alaska.

• Kingdom:  Plantae
• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• Order: Rosales
• Family: Rosaceae
• Genus: Amelanchier
• Species: alnifolia

Fruits are the most economically important part of Saskatoon Berry

Full sun to full shade cultivars grown for fruit will produce best in full sun.

Saskatoon Berry cultivation is best in loam soils and tolerates sand and clay.

Does best in lightly moist to moist soils.

Needs well-drained soils, avoid wet, poorly drained soils.

Soil pH varies from 5.5 to 7.0 and can tolerates higher pH.

• Biotic Causes:
  • Major Pests: Saskatoon Sawfly, Apple Curculio, Rose Chafer, Japanese Beetle and Saskatoon Bud Moth.
  • Major Diseases: Entomosporium Leaf and Berry Spot, Saskatoon Juniper Rust, Brown Fruit Rot, Cytospora Canker and Powdery Mildew.
• Abiotic Causes:
  • Cold injury