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York Elderberry
York Elderberry
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York is an American elderberry with large dark purple berries and vigorous, upright growth. Fully ripe fruit is used cooked for juice, preserves, wine and baking.
Released at Geneva, New York, in 1964, York comes from Adams 2 and Ezyoff parentage. Ontario accounts place its harvest in late August, giving useful regional context when comparing it with earlier elderberries.
Use fully ripe berries cooked, with stems removed. Unripe berries, leaves and stems are not edible.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 3/4
- Fruit
- Large dark purple berriesUse only fully ripe fruit, and cook it
- Uses
- Juice, preserves, wine and baking
- Growth habit
- Vigorous and upright
- Mature size
- Up to about 6½ ft tall
- Site and soil
- Full sun or part shade in fertile soil that stays moistTolerates occasional wetness
Ripening
Late August
Reported in Ontario
More about this plant
From Geneva, New York
York was released at Geneva, New York, in 1964, from Adams 2 and Ezyoff.
Cold hardinessZone 3/4 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 3 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
About these maps
Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
Open Government Licence – CanadaPollination
A genetically different American elderberry flowering at the same time can improve fruit set.
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