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[John S <swim_at_svc@yahoo.com>]

Currently available US forms of honeyberry/haskap are quite good if left on long enough to fully ripen.  My initial experience with them was to compare to blueberries which are tasty enough shortly after turning mostly blue.  However with haskap/honeyberry forms currently available in the US, I noticed some years ago that the berries do not come to good flavor shortly after turning blue.  Rather, they need at least several more weeks to ripen properly after turning blue.  Unpleasant taste is found if the berries are harvested too soon after turning blue.  A gentle squeeze of the berry can help determine ripeness.  If firm like a blueberry, then the haskap is not ripe. 



--- On Sat, 2/20/10, Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Haskaps availability
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 7:20 PM

These honeyberries available from US nurseries are (according to the folks up in Saskatchewan) far inferior to their patented new varieties. I could be suspicious of this advertising, but I'm inclined to believe stuff coming from a university that's done taste tests.

I put a message out on my local craigslist to see if anyone wanted to share an order from a Canadian nursery, and got two bites, so we'll be sharing the import costs, which should make the price reasonable.

Evil Melissa

--- On Sat, 2/20/10, Naomi Counides <naomi@oznayim.us> wrote:

> From: Naomi Counides <naomi@oznayim.us>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Haskaps availability
> To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 2:48 PM
>
>
> I am
> going to try some here.  I just
> ordered from Burnt ridge Nursery.  http://www.burntridgenursery.com/fruitingPlants/index_product.asp?dept=38&parent=28
> We are Zone 6 Idaho and our soil and water is alkali. 
> I have given blueberries
> a try and they just do not want to be here.  Sounds
> like the Haskaps may tolerate
> the soil better.
>
>
>  
>
> You folks
> are evil.  I was not going to
> order any plants this year.
>
> Naomi
>


     
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