HASKAP or HONEYBERRY is a remarkable shrub from Northern Japan that produces sweet, blueberry-like oblong fruits very early in the season, while being much easier to grow than a traditional blueberry (does not require acidic soil).

(Descriptions from Hartmann’s Nursery)

Boreal Series – Boreal Beast

This is on of the best fruits for flavors and aromas. The fruits are medium in size averaging 2 grams per berry. It’s fruit has more firmness than many other haskap. The plants grow upright and slightly spreading and are one of the more vigorous growers. This variety is good for pollination of both Beauty and Blizzard because it has bloom time which overlaps with both and is genetically compatible. It ripens about a week after Blizzard, but fruit can hold on even longer. Making it good for mechanical harvesting.

Boreal Series – Boreal Blizzard

With fruits averaging 2.8 grams and the largest weighing 3.9 grams, this is the largest haskap to come out of the Saskatchewan Fruit Program. There have been reports of 5 gram berries in Europe, making this one of the world’s largest haskap berries. The flavor is excellent, but should be harvested soon after the fruits are ripe. The large fruit makes for faster picking in You-Pick operations. It ripens a week after Aurora or Tundra.

Boreal Series – Boreal Beauty

This is the Saskatchewan Program’s second largest haskap berry. Fruit averages 2.6 grams with the largest weighing 3.6 grams. The fruits are rounded/heart shaped and are firm, making this variety one of the best for mechanical harvesting. It comes into production a year earlier than other varieties. In trials in Poland, it had double the yield of the other varieties in its third year. It ripens a week after Beast.

For Pollination:

If mechanically harvesting fruits, plants solid rows of varieties, but make sure Beast rows are next to Blizzard or Beauty rows.

If hand picking fruit, yields will be a bit higher if varieties are mixed within rows. Many growers are happy with a compatible pollinator plant every 4 or 5 plants (20 to 25% ratio). Beast would be the pollinator for either Blizzard or Beauty.

Examples:

If one wanted mostly Blizzard production, plant a Beast every 4 or 5 plants.

If one wants mostly Beauty production, plant a Beast every 4 or 5 plants.

if one wants mostly Beast production, plant a Blizzard every 4 or 5 plants.

(Blizzard blooms earlier than beauty making it a better pollinator for Beast than Beauty)

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