Wild fruits like these forms the basis of many chokecherry recipes. The glistening red or black fruit of the wild chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) is a familiar sight–during August and September–next ...

As a child, I remember picking chokecherries with Gram near our cottage on Pelican Lake. We'd fill several pails. Back in the kitchen, she'd wash the berries and pick them over and put them in a big ...