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California Elderberries: Page

Elderberry Resources

Resources for planting elderberry hedgerows, elderberry propagation & production, valley elderberry longhorn beetle, value added product processing, marketing & sales and other resources of information and networking.
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Sacramento Valley Elderberry Field Assessment

This field demonstration focused on comparing blue elderberry and American elderberry for fruit production in Sacramento Valley hedgerows. Strategies to increase early growth & yield, mature plant yields and management impacts on mature elderberry yield are discussed.
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Harvesting, Processing & Marketing

This page provides links to webpages that cover: harvesting and post-harvest handling of elderberries, elderberry & elderflower processing, and elderberry marketing and sales channels.
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Blue Elderberry Compared to Black

The genus Sambucus includes many species and subspecies of elderberry. Here, we compare 3 of the commonly harvested elderberry species in the US: Western blue elderberry, American black elderberry, and European black elderberry.
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Cultural Significance of Elderberry

North America’s indigenous people were the first harvesters and tenders of blue elderberry in California. Sage LaPena, Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino, share Indigenous perspectives on culinary, medicinal and cultural uses of elderberry.
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Growing Elderberries in California

This page provides links to SAREP's webpages on growing elderberries in California that cover: how to propagate blue elderberry; site selection, cultivation & planting; Sacramento Valley elderberry Field assessment; blue elderberry compared to black; and valley elderberry longhorn beetle.
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