# I Pit obnoxious ad execs who want to fuck with Saskatoon Berries **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 4, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-obnoxious-ad-execs-who-want-to-fuck-with-saskatoon-berries/697521 "2014-09-04T20:22:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-obnoxious-ad-execs-who-want-to-fuck-with-saskatoon-berries/697521/41 "2014-09-08T22:41:15Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > …June berry is a British term… Is it? Where are you getting that from? Juneberry, shad-bush, serviceberry, saskatoon, sugarplum, etc are, as far as I know, all traditional names that arose in the USA. The plant isn’t native to Britain - we imported the name ‘June Berry’ from the USA, along with the plant. [Here](http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IjBFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA160&dq=juneberry&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ky4OVILyMaXX7AaPuYCwDQ&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=juneberry&f=false)’s a reference from François André Michaux - a French botanist who, in the USA in 1841, says: > [@](#): > > In the Northern Section of the Union, it is called Wild Pear Tree, and in the Middle States, June Berry; which latter name I have adopted, because it is universally employed in the regions where the tree is most abundant… ETA: actually, 1841 is just the date of publication of that book - Michaux’s botany of America was half a century earlier still. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-obnoxious-ad-execs-who-want-to-fuck-with-saskatoon-berries/697521/42 "2014-09-08T23:08:51Z")
The name juneberry must come from an area significantly south, as saskatoons aren’t ripe before July hereabouts. This thread is making me hungry for pie. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-obnoxious-ad-execs-who-want-to-fuck-with-saskatoon-berries/697521/43 "2014-09-08T23:46:29Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I LIKE the name “Saskatoon berries.” > > For one thing, it serves as a reminder that “Saskatoon” is an actual place, and not just a quasi-funny-sounding nickname for Saskatchewan. Oh, a **place!** I thought it meant . . . well, never mind. :o ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-obnoxious-ad-execs-who-want-to-fuck-with-saskatoon-berries/697521/44 "2014-09-08T23:51:19Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > As a final note, poutine is more than just cheese curds, fries and gravy. When done properly it is a mouthful of deliciousness! > **friedo** , no maple syrup for you… You put it on poutine **too?!** :eek: ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-obnoxious-ad-execs-who-want-to-fuck-with-saskatoon-berries/697521/45 "2014-09-08T23:53:06Z")
I can’t recall ever seeing “juneberries” or “Saskatoons” in the supermarket anyway – are they not marketed in the southern U.S.? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-obnoxious-ad-execs-who-want-to-fuck-with-saskatoon-berries/697521/46 "2014-09-09T00:31:28Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > I have no idea what the fuck a Saskatoon berry is. But since it sounds Canadian, I’ll just go ahead and assume they’re terrible. > > Also, please get your shit together and just admit that poutine is just cheese fries with gravy. Fie. It’s fries and gravy, with cheese. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-obnoxious-ad-execs-who-want-to-fuck-with-saskatoon-berries/697521/47 "2014-09-09T18:01:25Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Is it? Where are you getting that from? > > Juneberry, shad-bush, serviceberry, saskatoon, sugarplum, etc are, as far as I know, all traditional names that arose in the USA. The plant isn’t native to Britain - we imported the name ‘June Berry’ from the USA, along with the plant. > > [Here](http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IjBFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA160&dq=juneberry&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ky4OVILyMaXX7AaPuYCwDQ&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=juneberry&f=false)’s a reference from François André Michaux - a French botanist who, in the USA in 1841, says: > ETA: actually, 1841 is just the date of publication of that book - Michaux’s botany of America was half a century earlier still. Considering that the British colonies existed before America proper I would argue that the term is British. [Cite](http://www.sierrapotomac.org/W_Needham/Serviceberry_110427R.htm). This also applies to service berry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-obnoxious-ad-execs-who-want-to-fuck-with-saskatoon-berries/697521.md?page=2)