Tundra
Variety of Kamchatka honeysuckle · Lonicera kamtschatica
6🇨🇦 Canada 2007
Taste & characteristics
Taste
spicysweet
Profile
- Breeder
- University of Saskatchewan
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 1.5 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Fruit weight 1.50 g, about 50 % larger than the Siberian honeyberries known until then. Very good, spicy-sweet flavour. The fruit does not bleed when harvested and freezes well.
Notes
Recommended in the source as the best cultivar for commercial growing.
Care
Site: Requires a pollinator such as Honey Bee. Care: The fruit does not bleed when picked and freezes well — the most practical cultivar for larger quantities.
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