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 ...

In the wild, chokecherry may be found as an understory tree at the edge of a woodland or in thickets in ravines, slopes and open fields. It thrives in full sun, but tolerates part shade and ...

Last year, it was elderberries; this year it was wild plums and chokecherries. The plums weren’t quite ready when I was there, but there were enough chokecherries to make a little chokecherry syrup.