6Taste & characteristics
Taste
Profile
- Breeder
- University of Saskatchewan
- Pollination
- self-sterile โ needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 1.6 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Fruit size 2.5 cm, weight 1.60 g โ twice the size of the 35 Russian selections. Best flavour (sweet-tangy) of 43 cultivars tested in Japan. Harvested mid to late June, the fruit turns slightly mushy under machine harvesting.
Growth
Grows 1.2 to 1.5 m tall. The flowers withstand frost down to -7 ยฐC.
Notes
Considered the best cultivar for home gardens when the berries are eaten fresh off the bush.
Care
Site: The flowers tolerate frost to -7 ยฐC, which takes the edge off late sites. A pollinator is needed, for example Honey Bee. Care: Harvest by hand from mid to late June โ machine harvesting turns the berries mushy. Best eaten fresh off the bush.
Site, soil, hardiness and growth follow the species Kamchatka honeysuckle unless the variety states otherwise. Will it grow where you live? โ Check your site on the species page
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