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Boreal Beast Haskap
Boreal Beast Haskap
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Boreal Beast is a cold hardy University of Saskatchewan haskap with large blue berries that ripen from late June into early July. The fruit has tart and sweet flavour, and the shrub has an upright form.
| Bloom Period | Mid and late season, with a long bloom |
|---|---|
| Pollination Group | Mid and late University of Saskatchewan |
| Best Partners | Boreal Blizzard, Boreal Beauty |
Cold Hardiness Zone: 2
Mature Size: 5 to 6 ft tall
Growing details
- Fruit weight reference
- Trial means: 2.06 g in 2013 and 1.86 g in 2014
- Mature size reference
- Nursery observation: at least 5 ft tall and wide
- Hardiness reference
- Nursery reference: zones 2–7; the source did not name the zone system
- Ripening
- Late July; after Aurora and Boreal Blizzard, before Boreal Beauty in the cited breeder comparison
- Mildew response
- Excellent resistance reported; the mildew pathogen was not specified
- Flavour reference
- Excellent, with aroma and aftertaste noted; about 4.5/5 over three breeder-observation years
- Pollination fit
- Compatible with Boreal Blizzard and Boreal Beauty; current chart rates the Aurora pairing good
More about this plant
Boreal Beast is a sturdy, upright late-July haskap with fruit means near 2 g in two trial years and flavour noted for aroma and aftertaste. It is the strongest broadly useful pollination partner in this group: compatible with Boreal Blizzard and Boreal Beauty, and rated good with Aurora.
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Cold hardinessZone 2 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 2 and warmer
Province records show native distribution, not every place the species grows. The hardiness map shows minimum winter hardiness; soil, moisture and summer warmth also matter.
About these maps
Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
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