The Haskap berry sometimes referred to as a Honeyberry and is a cold-hardy berry plant from the honeysuckle family. The berry has a similar colour to blueberry and the flavour is a combination of blueberry with the acidity of a raspberry. The balance of flavours is good and it has a pleasant, clean flavour.

Unlike a blueberry, they are not fussy about soil conditions, though they grow best in a soil with a pH between 6 and 7, unlike the acidic soil required by blueberries. The plant is cold-hardy, and can be grown in climate zone 2, which is a temperature of -40°! Each plant can produce 5-7 kg (11 to 15 lbs) of fruit once the plant is established. It can take up to five years for haskaps to become fully established, though they'll fruit in 2 to 3 years, but once they are established they are low maintenance, being mostly pest and disease resistant. They only need to be pruned every 8 to 10 years and can be fertilized with a standard 10-10-10 fertilizer.

There are a few groups researching and breeding haskaps and the ones I grow are from the University of Saskatchewan program. The three varieties in this video are Boreal Beauty, Boreal Blizzard and Honey Bee. A newer, fourth variety will be added in the fall of 2020, Boreal Beast, to improve pollination as the plants require pollination partners to fruit.

In the 2020 growing season, the Boreal Blizzard variety had a brix of 15.5 and the berries had an average weight of —.- grams. Beauty Haskaps have a more acidic flavour than Blizzard and Honey Bee has a pleasant blueberry/raisin flavour.

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