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The fruit can be harvested for pies, muffins, jams, and wine.<ref name=":0" /> The [[saskatoon berry]] is harvested commercially. One version of the Native American food [[pemmican]] was flavored by serviceberry fruits in combination with minced dried meat and fat.

 

 

The [[wood]] is brown, hard, close-grained, and heavy. The heartwood is reddish-brown, and the sapwood is lighter in color. It can be used for tool handles and fishing rods. Native Americans used it for arrow shafts. Members of the [[Pit River Tribe]] would use the wood to create a sort of body armor, crafting it into a heavy robe or overcoat and corset armor worn during fighting.<ref>Merriam, C. Hart 1966 Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes. University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley (p. 222)</ref>