Boreal Beauty

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)