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Comments (24)See my review: http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3841604/my-backyard-planting-experience-part-2-zone-4a-b-quebec-canada?n=30 Briefly, if you want fresh eating go with Aurora but ideally the even newer varieties (although I have not tasted those yet) (Boreal Blizard, Boreal Beauty, Boreal Beast) http://www.fruit.usask.ca/Documents/Haskap/Boreal%20Blizzard.pdf http://www.fruit.usask.ca/Documents/Haskap/Boreal%20Beauty%20May%202016.pdf http://www.fruit.usask.ca/Documents/Haskap/Boreal%20Beast%20May%202016.pdf If you want preserves can probably go with any as you will add sugar but the above 4 are still good bets for size and flavor. So far my yields have been slow to increase so depending on your flavor preference and yard size, I would actually lean towards Titania black currant if I had limited space and wanted jam/syrup. _____________________ Haskasp – Tundra (Planted Fall 2013 from prairieplant.com) Survived. No dieback. Tons of flowers. Haskasp – Aurora (Planted Fall 2014 from Whiffletree) Survived. No dieback. Tons of flowers. Haskasp – Honeybee (Planted Fall 2013 from prairieplant.com) Survived. No dieback. Tons of flowers. Haskasp – Borealis (Planted Fall 2013 from prairieplant.com) Survived. No dieback. Tons of flowers. All the Haskasps were flowering around May 14 with Tundra perhaps a bit later. Aurora and Tundra seem to have the longest bloom time. The plants are still pretty small, about 18-24” tall. The new varieties Boreal Blizzart and Boreal Beauty seem to be amazing with much larger/sweeter fruit and flowering 2-4 weeks later! I just don’t have room! Fruit was ripening June 15-20 but still tasted pretty sour. I heard leaving them on the bush made a difference so I left them longer. Well the day later the birds discovered them and took about 50%. I netted them quickly but will be sure to do so earlier next year. On July 1st I harvested the rest except for some Aurora's which were still ripening. The ones labelled Honey Bee in my photos are actually Borealis. I also had Tundra and Aurora. Aurora is by far the largest. Tundra and Borealis were similar in size. Taste test with my wife: For fresh eating Aurora won hands down the best. Borealis perhaps had a slight edge over Tundra. Measuring Brix Aurora (17, 14), Tundra (9, 9.8, 11.8), Borealis (12, 12, 11.2) so you can see why Aurora was more pleasant. In the end we ate the Aurora's fresh and I made a compote with the other 2 by mixing 1 part berries to 0.5 part sugar by weight and it was nice and tasty and acidic. Yield post bird attack was tiny. Aurora 5 berries (8 grams), Tundra (41 grams), Borealis (32 grams). All are about 3 year old plants....See MoreBest way to taste avocado and mango varieties?
Comments (12)Flfishie - You can not go wrong with the Brogdon avocado, it is a good choice. Here is a ripe Brogdon going to be part of my lunch today On the mangoes it gets difficult to choose, lol. After I went to the tasting at Fairchild, I was confused like when you smell too many perfumes. I do prefer fruits that are small size and have no fiber, so that leaves me with fewer options if it was for me, also I found that is best to sample 1 variety at the time. So everyday I do only 1 mango from the varieties that I took home and here are my new favorites: 1. Alphonso 2. Fairchild 3. Champagne 4. Pairi I still have to sample the others... Silvia...See Moreif you could only grow one heirloom variety for taste?
Comments (139)I know what you mean Berrypie7. Life used to be so easy..... When I click on Houzz (the growing tomatoes one). At the top of the page it says "Start a discussion". You might have to close the page and start fresh to get there. Good luck! Linda...See MoreMost named pawpaw varieties taste pretty much the same?
Comments (25)In my opinion you cannot go wrong with any of the 6 Neal Peterson varieties as well as the varieties 'NC-1', 'Overleese', 'KSU Atwood' and possibly 'Sunflower'. 'Sunflower' is the favorite of many and it has won lots of taste tests but it has a strange quality in my experience in that while a fruit may be very good another fruit from the same tree may leave a slight bitter aftertaste. I have noticed this trait for at least 15 years. Overall it is still a good variety with usually large fruit, good seed to flesh ratio and has very good dense texture. Varieties that are not so great in my opinion are 'mitchell', 'wilson', 'wells', 'taylor', 'Rebeccas gold, 'prolific' and 'taytwo'. These tend to be small fruited full of seed, or tend to consistently have bitter aftertaste. Or they have very soft flesh which I tend not to like....See Morebamagrit
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