Canadian Press 
A U.S. researcher with the Cornell University Co-operative Extension is suggesting Canadians use a different name when selling Saskatoons south of the border.
Jim Ochterski says there is a surge in demand for the berry in the U.S., where it has been known for years as the Juneberry.
“We’re at a point now where there’s actual dollars at stake,” Ochterski said in a phone interview Tuesday from Canandaigua, N.Y.
Canadians
know these beloved berries as Saskatoons. A US researcher is
suggesting that Canadians call the berries Juneberries when marketing
the Prairie berry to US customers.
Saskatoons known as Juneberries in US
A food fight of sorts could be growing between Canada and the United States over a tiny berry.A U.S. researcher with the Cornell University Co-operative Extension is suggesting Canadians use a different name when selling Saskatoons south of the border.
Jim Ochterski says there is a surge in demand for the berry in the U.S., where it has been known for years as the Juneberry.
“We’re at a point now where there’s actual dollars at stake,” Ochterski said in a phone interview Tuesday from Canandaigua, N.Y.
“We’re taking our heritage name for the berry,
called Juneberry, and Canadian growers have their heritage name for the
berry, called Saskatoon, and now there seems to be some marketing
tension between the two.”...Continue reading...
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