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[kim maser <farnorthgrapes@gmail.com>]

The fruit I've tasted from the haskap selections from the U of S are pretty nice not unlike blueberries. They do well in our climate. They have some excellent potential as a fruit in our climate. Borealis and Tundra do well here. Both maxine Thomspson and Bob Bors have done some excellent work with this fruit crop.

 

Cheers

 

Kim Maser

Zone3a-b

Edmonton AB region

On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Hector Black <hblack1925@fastmail.fm> wrote:

I've tried growing some Russian selections here in zone 6, middle tn.  They bloom very early and although flowers were resistant to light frost, we got very little fruit.  We tasted larger quantities in Russia near St. Petersburg in jam etc.  Very tasty, but not unlike blueberry which seems a lot easier to grow and more productive in our climate.  Hector black

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From: Lon J. Rombough

To: North American Fruit Explorers

Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 11:51 AM

Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Haskaps availability

I've tasted some selections at Dr. Maxine Thompson's place that are low acid and taste good fresh. Dr. Bors is working with her, using her material in his program, so he probably has similar material in progress. For now, the best use is in processing. You can't imagine how good a warm Haskap pie is.
-Lon Rombough
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On Feb 20, 2010, at 9:05 AM, Lee Reich wrote:

Has anybody grown and tasted these fruits. Years ago I grew some edible honeysuckles and the fruits were few and bad tasting.

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