Fruit
Johns
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Johns is an American elderberry cultivar with large berries and strong yields, popular in midwestern and northeastern plantings for homemade wine and syrup. Fruit is dark and tart-musky when cooked; raw is not the eating style. Bushes are vigorous in moist decent soils. Process like other elders—strip, cook, sweeten. Pair plantings with other cultivars for pollination denser set. Use for farmstead value-added jars. Monitor for stem borer and bird pressure in ripe weeks.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Cooked OnlyFarm JellySyrupWine
Traits
AmericanDarkLargeLarge BerryTart-MuskyVigorousWine And Syrup
History
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Johns was released among improved American elderberry cultivars.
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Home winemakers favoured Johns for berry size.
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Extension lists recommended Johns for productive patches.
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Johns stayed common in US elderberry nursery catalogues.