Dark blue berries appear in late summer. Fruit ripens after being exposed to frost and is easier to pick from a frozen bog. The berries make excellent jam. Alternate, evergreen, leathery leaves are pointed and have margins rolled inward. In midsummer, terminal pink blooms with curled back leaves, appear on thin ascending stalks.
Berries are rich and red.
Because of the profusion of berries and the ease of picking them once frost has subdued the biting insects, Partridgeberries have traditionally been a staple of Labrador diets. Small alternate dark green leathery leaves are deeply indented along the midrib and have margins slightly turned under. Clusters of small, pink drooping bell-shaped flowers bloom at the tips of stems in June. Red berries ripen after being exposed to frost. Quite common along birch area of McLean Lake Trail and Scott's Run As with Mountain Ash, the red berries of Squashberry persist after leaves have fallen and look quite decorative after the first snowfall.