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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

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@collinscom.net>
To: <nafex@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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