Yellow Chokecherry Seeds

The origin of this seed strain came from the late Clayton Berg from Montana. He had developed quite a large planting of it where the selections were significant enough that some were later used for commercial production. I am pretty sure everyone got their plants from this one nursery. However other strains have been found and cloned in Wyoming as well. Yellow fruited plants are part of this land race. When I first planted them, I was relieved to find out that the yellow trait was easy to spot in the seedlings. They had yellow petioles. I also was relieved that the yellow trait was dominant and seem to come through all the seedlings or very close to 100 percent. 

At my farm, this extremely cold hardy selection produces dwarfish plants that runner a little. The plants begin fruit when only 18-24 inches tall. Further grow outs could yield better flavored varieties as well as heavier yielding forms. They still have that zingy strong flavor fresh but are easily processed into jelly. This fruit is also used for pies, wine and fruit leather.  This selection is not a named variety but essentially a subspecies of yellow fruit and extreme cold hardiness.