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  • From: "Ed Fackler" <efackler@woh.rr.com>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Edible Honeysuckle Info
  • Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 16:53:01 -0500

Dean:

Thanks for your descriptive on edible honeysuckle.

Your last comment left us hanging. What does it taste like?

Curious folks want to know.

Ed

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Dean Kreutzer
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 10:12 AM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] Edible Honeysuckle Info


Some testing into the Edible Honeysuckle is being done at the University of
Saskatchewan. "Blue Bell" was probably the best tasting of the 4 "OLD"
cultivars that was tested. However, in Siberia, where they originated, I
have heard that they use these cultivars only for ornamental reasons. There
have been many new cultivars released since "Blue Bell" with immensely
higher quality fruit. The U of S imported some plants and they are testing
them now.

Here are a few interesting characteristics:
- OPEN fruit blossoms are reported to be hardy to -7C!
- The fruit ripen before strawberries. Up here, this equates to a
bloom time of 1st week in May, and ripen time in mid-june.
- Hardiness to -40C.
- Dwarf growing, to 6' high and 6' wide.
- Not self-fertile. Need to plants of different cultivars to pollinate.
- Long, cylindrical shaped fruit, Over 1" long, .25" in diameter.
- Some say, "Blueberry-like taste", but I disagree.

Dean
Regina, Saskatchewan Canada
USDA Zone 2/3

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