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  • From: John S <swim_at_svc@yahoo.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Regarding Haskups
  • Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 00:07:23 -0800 (PST)

Glenn,

Here in western PA with mostly zone 6 winters in the past decade, I have found that I get better results with the varieties that bloom later.  I guess I have about 8 different vars of honeyberries.  The early blooming ones do not produce much fruit due to lack of pollinators or perhaps late frosts, but I really think it is due to lack of pollinators.  Blue Moon, Blue Velvet, Blue Forest and Blue Pacific are my most reliable producers.  However, this is precisely opposite of what One Green world recommends in their catalog for people located in the east.

John



--- On Fri, 12/5/08, Glenn & Kathy Russell <GlennAndKathy2@cox.net> wrote:
From: Glenn & Kathy Russell <GlennAndKathy2@cox.net>
Subject: [NAFEX] Regarding Haskups
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 9:21 PM

Hi Martha-

            I’m in zone 6b, RI, and I was planning on adding a couple Honeyberries next year.  From the specified zones, it looked like I’d be right in the middle of the Blue Belle’s zone 6-9.  Would you have any reservations about planting that variety here?  Thanks,

                        -Glenn

 

Honeyberry Blue Belle Gurneys  Zones: 3-9

Berry Blue Honeysuckle (this was the closest I found at Raintree, but the pic looked right)  Zones: 2-7

Didn’t see anything at Edible Landscaping.

 

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>Regarding Haskups

>  

>Both Raintree and One Green World Nurseries sell Honey Berry or Haskups. As does Edible Landscaping.  Maxine Thompson At OSU in Corvallis Oregon is doing breeding work, but has not release any of her varieties >yet,that I am aware of.  The problem is in the U.S. is that the initial releases of Haskup bloomed too early so the people that had luck with them were in Maine but not farther south.  There are now some later blooming >varieties that work better in Oregon and presumably parts south.  Some listings sort the varieties they offer into earlier and later blooming types.  I guess the problem in Oregon was such early bloom that the insects >were out yet, or possibly frost damage to flowers. 

 

>Martha

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