# What sort of berries are these? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 11, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-berries-are-these/796063 "2017-09-11T14:10:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-berries-are-these/796063/1 "2017-09-11T14:10:34Z")
[[Album] Bush ![](https://i.imgur.com/HvQ5uiQ.jpeg?fb "Bush") ](https://imgur.com/a/WeC0w) I just noticed that someone else coincidentally posted a similar thread with similar looking berries, but I don’t want to hijack theirs. The bush is in upstate NY, and I took the pictures yesterday, so this is what it currently looks like. ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-berries-are-these/796063/2 "2017-09-11T14:20:31Z")
Looks like Black Chokeberry to me. ---
**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-berries-are-these/796063/3 "2017-09-11T14:30:56Z")
you eat yours first and tell me how it goes.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-berries-are-these/796063/4 "2017-09-11T22:28:48Z")
Sorry, you’ll have to find another guinea pig.😉 I broke a berry apart, and it was almost entirely a large green pit inside surrounded by a small amount of pulp. I’ve been looking at the chokeberry pits, and those do look about right. ---
**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-berries-are-these/796063/5 "2017-09-12T01:43:16Z")
Just ate mine. Very astringent, much more than the first time I tasted it. I’m convinced mine are choke berries ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-berries-are-these/796063/6 "2017-09-12T01:52:48Z")
> [@Sigene](#): > > Just ate mine. Very astringent, much more than the first time I tasted it. I’m convinced mine are choke berries Yes, that sounds about right, then. They sure as heck look like aronia, but your first description of their taste had me puzzled. I’m pretty sure what you got there is chokeberries/aronia. ---
**Author:** ![Anaglyph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Anaglyph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaglyph)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-berries-are-these/796063/7 "2017-09-12T10:03:57Z")
The leafs look more like [Cornus (Dogwood)](https://www.google.ch/search?q=cornus+berries+blue&client=safari&rls=en&dcr=0&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjClIW2sp_WAhVoJsAKHR1PBIoQsAQIJQ&biw=1786&bih=1286&dpr=2) to me, e.g [Cornus sangine](http://www.eggert-baumschulen.de/products/de/Laubgehoelze/botanisch-deutsch/C/Cornus-sanguinea.html)a, [Cornus obliqua](http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/trees/plants/sw_dogwood.html) ---
**Author:** ![Anaglyph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Anaglyph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaglyph)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-berries-are-these/796063/8 "2017-09-12T12:13:04Z")
Compare the leafs to those in this post: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=836009](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=836009)