{"id":5977,"date":"2019-02-19T17:23:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T23:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/?p=5977"},"modified":"2019-04-02T10:15:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T15:15:25","slug":"sarvisberry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/2019\/02\/19\/sarvisberry\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarvisberry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sarvisberry<\/h1>\n

by Joshua Heston<\/strong><\/p>\n

EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: The small, unassuming sarvisberry tree has a rich history in the Ozark hills, a history which details the important, at-times poetic, relationship between man and nature.<\/p>\n

The article below is a reprint, permitted from the College of the Ozarks\u2019 Ralph Foster Museum and for that, I am quite grateful.<\/p>\n

It was written by Carson Brewer in his 1998 book, Yarn Spinners<\/em>. I\u2019m going to see if I can get a copy \u2014 and recommend you do the same. This is good readin\u2019…[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”5908″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

FROM YARN SPINNERS:<\/h2>\n

\u201cSarvis\u201d is what the early mountain people called it. It was \u201cSarvis\u201d because it blooms about the time circuit riding ministers came into the mountains after each hard winter to perform whatever service (or in Old English, \u201csarvises\u201d) needed to be performed.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”5909″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][vc_column_text]There were funerals for those whose hasty burials had been accompanied by scant ceremony. There were wedding sarvises for some who had been waiting all winter to get married.<\/p>\n

There is the typical handed-down story of the man, tears streaming down his cheeks as he listens to the funeral preached for his old wife, while his new wife sits beside him.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”5910″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][vc_column_text]It may sound funny now. But it wasn\u2019t funny then to the man who had lost his wife and mother of his half-dozen young children. He had to find another mother for them quickly.<\/p>\n

Serviceberry, Sarvisberry, Sarvise Tree, Shadbush, Juneberry, Mespilus, Grape Pear, Swamp Sugar Pear, Bloody Choke Cherry… there are a lot of regional variations in the common names for the Amelanchier<\/em>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”5911″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][vc_column_text]The name amelanchier<\/em> is said to derive from the honey-tasting berries. These berries are actually quite good in preserves but are rarely used because they are so quickly eaten by birds. The names containing \u201cshad\u201d apparently refer to the flowers of the plant, which happens when the shad are running<\/p>\n

The wood was prized by the Cree for making arrows.<\/p>\n

\u2014 \u201cSERVICEBERRY: FIRST SIGN OF SPRING\u2019S ARRIVAL BY CARSON BREWER, YARN SPINNERS, 1998.<\/strong>
\nARTICLE REPRINTED WITH GRATEFUL PERMISSION FROM THE RALPH FOSTER MUSEUM.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 originally published on StateoftheOzarks, APRIL 9, 2008<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”5912″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

SARVISBERRY (Amelanchier arborea<\/em>)<\/h1>\n

SIZE: 30 to 40 feet tall; leaves 2 to 5 inches long. WHAT TO LOOK FOR: leaves elliptical, coarsely toothed, hairy when young; flowers white in drooping clusters (very early spring); fruits berrylike, red to dark purple. HABITAT: hillsides, ravines, edges of streams and moist woods.<\/p>\n

\u2014 page 313, Wernett, Susan J., et al. North American Wildlife<\/strong>. The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc., 1986.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”5913″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][vc_text_separator title=”Story Credits” title_align=”separator_align_left”][bsf-info-box icon=”Defaults-pencil” icon_size=”32″ title=”Main article, Ralph Foster Museum”]The staff of College of the Ozarks’ Ralph Foster Museum has graciously allowed the reprint of this article from their archive. Be sure to visit the museum when you get the chance. The archives are incredibly extensive (they don\u2019t call it the Smithsonian of the Ozarks for no reason!).[\/bsf-info-box][bsf-info-box icon=”Defaults-camera” icon_size=”32″ title=”Joshua Heston”]J. HESTON. SOTO \u00a9 ARCHIVE. PLATES 1, 3-4, 6-7: MONTAUK STATE PARK, APRIL 7, 2010. PLATE 2: DRURY-MINCY CONSERVATION AREA, DECEMBER 15, 2008. PLATE 5: DRURY-MINCY CONSERVATION AREA, APRIL 11, 2009.[\/bsf-info-box][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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