Well. Serviceberries. They come in all sorts of sizes from small treees to large shrub forms to small shrub forms. Many forms fruit very heavily. They are wonderful for attracting backyard songbirds as the birds just love the berries. Very nice eatten fresh for people, tasting like a blander blueberry. I guess they would make good Jelly also. My favorites are the Regent Serviceberry shrubs I have that fruit very, very heavily with large berries.
Red currants would be fabulous for jelly making and I have many red currant shrubs. I also have many blueberries. Love blueberries.
Summer berries here include blackberries. I grow the thornless erect blackberries. If you are familiar with trailing blackberry plants you know that the thorns are positively evil. The thornless types have absolutly no thorns and don't trail. They are just the best. I grow APACHE and ARAPAHO but there is a series of these all named after varius Indian Tribes. I really recommend these to anyone that likes blackberries.
A very ornament edible fruit I have a nice hedge section of is Goumi. I got mine from Raintree nursery. These make lovely berries in the summer that should make fabulous jelly. Fruit very, very heavily. The birds love them. Mine were covered in visiting Cedar Waxwings each day until the fruit was eaten up. Honestly these should be much more widely planted as ornamental shrubs, the shrubs are very attractive.
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