[NAFEX] Blue Honeysuckles????

Lon J. Rombough lonrom at hevanet.com
Mon Feb 28 00:21:00 EST 2005


If you read the fall POMONA, there was an article about Haskap, which  
is this same species.  It is being bred in the U.S. by Dr. Maxine  
Thompson, at Corvallis, OR.  She is using material from Japan to breed  
selections that bloom later, have larger fruit, bear more heavily, and  
have commercial potential.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at  
http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association  
"Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Feb 27, 2005, at 10:04 PM, Bernie Nikolai wrote:

The University of Saskatchewan is releasing a number of blue  
honeysuckles or
honeyberries this spring.  Sorry, only to Canada as they are not virus
indexed yet.  These are very hardy, and a lot better tasting than the  
normal
blue honeyberries, which are very bland.  They originate in eastern  
Siberia.
     None of the honeyberries or honeysuckles I have tasted yet come  
close to
a good saskatoon, but I understand there are some in Russia that are  
tasty
that have been bred recently there.  They are extremely hardy, and can
take -45C with ease, plus they fruit early.  So if we ever get some good
tasting ones, all the northern Nafexers will be able to rejoice.  They  
look
like an elongated blueberry, but all the ones I've tasted come nowhere  
near
in taste.  So nobody is missing anything yet, unless the new ones about  
to
be released are tasty.
Bernie Nikolai
Edmonton, Alberta

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rodney Eveland" <reveland at collinscom.net>
To: <nafex at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 8:13 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Blue Honeysuckles????


> Does anyone have any information about these Blue Honeysuckles? I came
> across these while searching for hardy roses.
>
> Rodney in Northeast Wy where the low was -15 or -17F this winter.
>
>
http://groups.msn.com/PrairieGardeningStorage/ 
thebluehoneysuckleproject.msnw
>
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