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  • From: R F Hollaus <hollaus@comcast.net>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Honeyberries (haskaps; edible blue-honeysuckle) - worth growing Zone 6b/7a?
  • Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:55:49 +0000 (UTC)

I thought the ones of Maxine Thompson's were of a different species
of honeyberry than the cultivars Berry Blue, Blue Belle and Borealis
from Canada. Can anyone confirm this?

It was the late Lon Rombough that had tested some of Maxine's
honeyberry of which I remember had no overlap in bloom period
in the mild western (marine influence) climates. I'm not sure if this
has anything to do with how they bloom in the east but I think here
both of them can be productive.

BTW: I have a garden in northern Fairbanks Alaska with the "Blue Sky"
culivar. It had this growing as an isolated plant for a few years and
recently it decided to sow fruits for me for the first time. I compared
the flavors to other Borialis and Tundra varieties found else where in
Fairbanks. In all respects they compete the same in flavor and quality
and taste some where between the likes of blueberry and raspberry
mixed together.

Rupert.

> I've got a couple hundred seedlings from Maxine Thompsons
> program growing and they really do vary a lot flavour-wise. I had a
> taste testing of about 20 seedlings and the three cultivars Berry
> Blue, Blue Belle and Borealis. Of these Blue Belle took last prize-
> sour and bitter-pretty much not worth eating- while Borealis took
> first prize, really nice- sweet but not bland. Berry blue was quite
> flavourfull but not sweet.

> Kristine




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