New ‘FE’ (patent pending) pie cherry
https://www.honeyberryusa.com/info/fe-cherry-story.pdf
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Manure Rake Great for Shake-n-Drop Haskap/Honeyberry and Suction System
Our friends at Blue Fruit Farm use this system: https://honeyberryusa.wordpress.com/2020/05/07/cleaning-haskap-honeyberry-debris-suction-method/
Chute-N-Go Funnel Addition
Today we took another giant leap forward in our redneck berry cleaning process! A trip to the local hardware store looking for a funnel resulted in the perfect attachment for a mere $10.99 a plumbing boot which funnels the Continue reading
Cleaning haskap/honeyberry debris – suction method
Jim Riddle from www.bluefruitfarm.com at Winona, MN, is very happy with his haskap de-leafer/berry hood cleaner from Indigo Supertech in Quebec, Canada. Jim says, We use the cleaner on fresh berries, including HB, currants, aronia, juneberries and blueberries. $111 from Continue reading
Oxalate Analyses for Haskap/Honeyberries
Last summer a home haskap grower in Saskatchewan, Canada, contacted us regarding sending haskap berries for analysis to a professor doing oxalate research at the University of Wyoming. The grower was interested in this research for personal health reasons. Oxalates Continue reading
Haskap/Honeyberry Fruit Spreads/Jams/Jellies, pH and aw (water activity)
In the fall of 2018 I sent two samples of honeyberry fruit to a lab in Minneapolis, mainly to find out if my low sugar fruit spread was Shelf Stable – below 4.6 pH and below .85 Water Activity. The Continue reading
Phoma stem canker on honeyberry/haskap plants, powdery mildew & more
This past August I sent a couple of dead Aurora yearlings to the University of Minnesota Plant Disease Clinic for diagnosis. Planted in early June, they leafed out but died by late July. Result: Phoma stem canker was detected at the Continue reading
Haskap/Honeyberry Harvest Wrap-up
Our 2019 commercial harvesting of berries for beverages wrapped up on July 11. 3100 lbs on approx 1000 bushes planted in 2011, 2013 2015, harvested by a crew of between 1 and 4 guys working partial days over 2 Continue reading
Harvesting Haskap/Honeyberries
We started picking our earliest ripening berries, Tundra and Indigo Gem, on June 20, 2018. An early year as we ve had consistent, warm weather. 6 year old Indigo Gem shown above. Shake and Drop has greatly increased harvesting rate Continue reading
Netting haskap/honeyberries
Wow over a year has passed since posting so here s a little catch-up. The 17 wide net barely covered the mature Borealis and Tundra that are now more than 5 wide and 4-5 tall, and Berry Smart Blue (Czech Continue reading