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

You'd have to ask Dr. Thompson when she will release the material.  I think there are already some nurseries looking at it, so it may not be long.

As to ripening, Haskap ripens about with the earliest  strawberries, sometimes a bit earlier.  They bloom later, yes, but it's warmer when they do bloom which seems to speed development.


The Haskap material comes from a maritime climate and seems to have more  disease resistance than the Russian honeyberry which comes from a drier climate.  Haskap needs more evaluation on that  score, though.
-Lon Rombough
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On Jun 14, 2009, at 10:58 AM, William C. Garthright wrote:


> And when Dr. Thompson's selections come on the market, those old ones 
> will be plain by comparison.


Any idea of when that might be?


> That's the advantage of Haskap. They bloom months after the honeyberry 
> and set much more regularly as a result.


Isn't that also a disadvantage, Lon? I was interested in honeyberry 
because it was supposed to fruit so early in the summer, before most 
other fruits became ripe. That seemed to be a really big advantage. 
(However, from what I heard, there were a number of disadvantages - 
"extremely susceptible" to leaf diseases in the Midwest, very quick to 
break dormancy, scanty production, and just OK flavor - so I didn't 
plant any.)

If Haskap bloom months after honeyberries, they probably fruit when I'd 
have an abundance of fruit, already, right?