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Haskap pictures - February 2010
Many pictures labelled as Haskap are actually photographs of old Edible Blue Honeysuckle varieties. Only two varieties of Haskap are currently available in Canada - Borealis and Tundra. Pictures of these two varieties are available on Flickr.
Click here to see a set of genuine Haskap pictures.
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Haskap Canada Association AGM will be held
Saturday February 20th, 2010,
10:00 AM to 2:30 PM in
Room 2E25 Agriculture Building
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK.
There will be a cost of $20 for all attendants to cover the cost of lunch,
wine and product samples.
Please let us know if you plan to attend by sending a RSVP email to
committee@haskap.ca
Plants available in Eastern Canadian - November 2009
Phytocultures Ltd. is the licensed propagator of Haskap plants in Eastern Canada. Click here to see their website.
New Website - Haskap Central Sales - October 2009
Haskap Central Sales has a new website site. Click here to open the site.
New Article - Comparing Haskap to other Berries - September 2009
Click here to see a comparison of Haskap sister crops. Dr Bors compares Haskap with Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries and Saskatoons.
New Article - Visitor from Russia - September 2009
Click here to read an article about Dr. Artem Sorokin from Vavilov Institute in Russia. Dr. Sorokin spent a month with Dr. Bors collecting wild Blue Honeysuckle and visiting fruit farms in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario.
Invitation - member website links wanted
If you are a Haskap Canada member and have a website or BLOG please send us your link information and we'll add it to this site. Please click to email your link information to the webmaster.
Latest news - check Haskap Canada's BLOG for the latest news.
http://haskap-canada.blogspot.com/
New website - www.Haskapberries.com - February 2009
Check out Battle River Berries new website www.Haskapberries.com. Battle River Berries is one of the largest Haskap orchard in Canada.
New articles - Haskap Days 2008 presentations - August 2008
Three presentations from haskap Days 2008 are now available.
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Intro to Haskap 2008 by Dr. Bob Bors (648KB PDF)
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Growing Haskap 2008 by Dr. Bob Bors (239KB PDF)
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Haskap Research 2008 by Dr. Bob Bors (2,110KB PDF)
New Article - Growing Haskap / Blue Honeysuckle in Canada -
March 2008
Click
here to view
Growing Haskap by Bob Bors.
(469 KB PDF)
New Article - Dr. Bob Bors Sabbatical Plans
Dr. Bob Bors will be on sabbatical from July 2008 until June 2009 to
collect wild Lonicera caerulea (blue honeysuckles) from across Canada. Click
here
to read about Bob's sabbatical plans and the potential opportunity to
participate in locating specimens for the collection. (487
KB PDF)
New Article - Haskap Pollination Strategy - November 2007
Click
here to view an article on Haskap Pollination by Bob Bors.
(146 KB PDF)
New Article - New University of Saskatchewan Haskap
Varieties - October 2007
Click
here to view a description of the new U of S Haskap varieties including
three experimental selections. (228 KB PDF)
New Article - U of S Fruit Varieties Propagators -
October 2007
Would you like to purchase University of Saskatchewan fruit varieties?
Click
here to view a list of licensed propagators. (26 KB
PDF)
Haskap Canada meet Japanese delegates - September 2007
Haskap Canada Association directors met with Mineyuki Ichimachi and Yamada
Yasuyuki on September 25, 2007. Click
here to read
about the meeting.
Rose Hill Agroforestry Newsletters available on the
Internet - October 2007
Rose Hill Agroforestry periodically publishes a newsletter and allowed
Haskap Canada to publish them on the web. Click
here to see the Rose Hill
Agroforestry newsletters.
New Feasibility Study - Haskap Market Development -The Japanese Opportunity- Feasibility Study - August 2007
Results of a Haskap Market Development study by Dr. Éric B. Lefol for Parkland Agroforestry Products Inc. and Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food is available.
Eric traveled to Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan, and the main production area in the world, to draw a picture of the present haskap market. This study attempts to assess the potential for Canadian haskap to be marketed in Japan.
Click here to download the PDF version of the study. (1.5 MB PDF)
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and was last updated Friday, February 05, 2010