During our busy growing season, we conducted an online survey to learn what people know about haskap, a relatively new “super fruit,” so that we can use the information to help grow the industry. The majority of those surveyed reside in British Columbia (BC), Canada, and the few remaining in other Canadian provinces. Most had small acreages (Figure 1). Approximately 80% of them grow small fruits as one of their crops and all indicated that they were interested in growing hask

In the previous blog, the University of Saskatchewan’s haskap varieties and their parental lineages were introduced and discussed. Prior to selecting the appropriate haskap varieties for your location, it’s important to know the basics of haskap pollination so you can choose the planting schemes and planting material that’s right for you. Why haskap is a cross-pollinated crop? Haskap requires cross-pollination of a compatible variety to produce fruit, meaning that at least tw

Planting Haskap as your next fruit crop!