Juneberry is a pome fruit more closely related to apples and pears than to blueberries, though it is very much the same size and shape with often a similar color and flavor as blueberry. Unlike apple and pear seeds, the small soft juneberry seeds are eaten whole with the fruit, causing the nutty almond-like blueberry fruit flavor, as well as contributing greatly to its very high ORAC rating, much higher than blueberries. Truly a powerhouse fruit, very early ripening, and much desired by birds and people alike. Juneberry can be difficult to harvest because it often grows as a very small fruit on a large tree. The juneberry fruit photoed here is sizing up but not yet colored to ripeness.