Move Over Blueberries, A New Fruit for the Northern Gardener
Bob Bors talks about how to grow haskap, an early and very cold-tolerant fruit.
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In this replay of a 2019 interview, we chat with Bob Bors, head of the fruit breeding program at the University of Saskatchewan.
We talk about:
- Breeding haskap (a.k.a. honeyberry) fruit
- Cold-tolerance of haskap
- How to care for haskap
- How to prune haskap
- Cold-tolerant cherry varieties from University of Saskatchewan
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