Edible Blue Honeysuckle (Honeyberry/Haskap) Links

Videos

Honeyberry Farm Lakeland Community News Spotlight 2012
Honeyberry Farm Northwoods Adventure 2016 and 2019
HoneyberryUSA YouTube channel
All about honeyberries 2021 Parkrose Permaculture Portland, OR
Jeff Sindelar/Practical Farmers of Iowa
Broken Tine Orchard John Deere special
Children eating honeyberries in Russia
University of Saskatchewan Haskap (Saskatoon Star Phoenix)
CBC Television "Haskap Berry Arrives in Nova Scotia"
CTV Television "The Little Berry on the Prairie"
Mr. Chips Why I Grow Honeyberries Instead of Blueberries
Great Escape Nursery "Growing and Harvesting Honeyberries"
Rick Larson picking Cinderella, Berry Blue, Borealis

General Information

University of Saskatchewan Haskap
Gardening U of S article
Growing Fruit in Northern Gardens 2018 Sarah Williams and Bob Bors, Google books preview
Dr. Bob Bors, University of Saskatchewan -Growing Haskap - Mar202008.pdf
Introduction to the Honeyberry HoneyberryUSA presentation 2013
The Haskap Enthusiasts Journal - Collection of papers (mostly from U of S)
Edible Blue Honeysuckle Gardeners
Haskap Canada
Horticulture Magazine April 11, 2019

Online Seminars

Honeyberries Jim Riddle, UW & UMN Extension, Mar 2022
Practical Farmers of Iowa Jim & Bernis Ingvaldson, Jan. 2020, Ames, Iowa.
Prairie Hardy Fruit Breeding - Cherries & Haskap Dr. Bob Bors, Oct. 16, 2017, HortSnacks-to-Go webinar, Alberta, Canada
The Sweet Side of Honeyberries NDSU March 2015
Establishing and Maintaining a Haskap Orchard Salmon Arm, BC March 2015

Health Benefits

Haskap berries could aid endurance runners Northumbria University 2022
Effects on mood, cognition, blood pressure... European Journal of Nutrition 2019
National Nutrition Canada report 2015
Vitamins and Nutraceutical Compounds haskapalberta.ca
healwithfood.org
Nutrition listing - CalorieSlism
Garden Therapy in general

Growing

Field Trial 2020 Saskatchewan Conservation Learning Centre

Effects of Soil pH and Fertilizers on Haskap (Lonicera caerulea L.) Vegetative Growth MDPI Quebec 2019

Fertilization Polish video from 3rd International Kamchatka conference 2019 Timac Agro

Nutrient Sufficiency Levels for Haskap Canadian Journal of Plant Science Dec. 2018 Agronomic potential of fruit size and yield... Euphytica July 2018 Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution June 2018

Fertility Guidlines Ontario 2019

Effects of Soil pH and Fertilizers on Haskap (Lonicera caerulea L.) Vegetative Growth Quebec 2019

How to take a Soil Sample (UMN)

Harvesting

Home grower:

Hand picking
Leaf blower to clean debris out of bucket
Shake and Drop into Paddling Pool

Small scale farmer:

Harvesting Haskap Berries with a Kiddy Pool and a Reciprocating Saw 2020 MSU
Olive harvester 2019
Waxwing harvester from Indigo Super Tech 2018 at the U of Saskatchewan
Chute & Go - to clean debris using a coroplast leaf blower and chute (2018) with funnel addition in 2020.
Shake & Rake harvesting and collection 3D 2017
Shake & Drop
*2018 waxwing harvester with jigsaw shaker
*2017 cleaning chute prototype
Jigsaw shaker plans (Engineering in Agriculture Dec. 2011)

Large scale farmer:

Blueberry harvester at Heavenly Blue Haskap in Saskatchewan, Canada (Prairie Farm Report 2012-2016)
Joanna harvester at the U of Sask in 2011 and 2015 and in Poland
Sorting/cleaning in Poland
Side row JAREK 5 JPS, Poland, in N. America contact Rosy farms in Alberta, Canada
Over row OSKAR JPS, Poland
Over row KOKAN air cocoon harvester, BSK Serbia 2019 Prototype 2018

Research

Preharvest Fruit Drop Montana State U 2021
Applying New Technologies to Transform Blueberry Harvesting Agronomy 2017

Pruning

Ontario Specialty Crops 2019
UK Here We Grow
Grow a Little Fruit Tree Pruning techniques book by Anne Ralph

Blogs

HoneyberryUSA (The Honeyberry Farm, Minnesota)

HaskapUSA (Tracking Haskap across the USA)

Blue Honeysuckle (Saskatchewan)

Bee and Thistle Winery (Saskatchewan)

Rosy Farms (Alberta)

The Haskap Orchard (Manitoba)

Insect pollinators of haskap (Lonicera caerulea L.: Caprifoliaceae) in subarctic Canada (Yukon) 2019

Alberta Home Gardening
Special thanks to Dave Trenholm for allowing the use of many of his photos at the beginning stages of this site.

Thistleberryorchard (Saskatchewan)

Groups/Forums

Orchards Overseas
(use Google Translate)

Poland

In-Vitro Poland
Biohaskap 2020 Polish Superfruits
Kamczack Berry
Wężyki Harvest with Joanna harvester 2019
Fabric weed control
in-vitro.pl Orchard blog - note shake'N'drop harvesting
Jagodnik.pl - 2018 harvest report
JAGODNIKHORTUSMEDIA 2017
Anna Litwin 2017
Polish update 2017
polish-berry-cooperative 2017

Norway

Druer.org
Haskap Facebook Group

Other European

haskap.club - zone 7b
Balkan Ecology Project, Bulgaria

Japan

Haskap Cycle Tour
Mori Moto advertisement

Honeyberry/Haskap Field Research

Saskatchewan U of S Fruit Program
British Columbia
Kentucky
Montana State * Fruit Guides * Video 2021
North Dakota Fruit Evaluation Project
Wisconsin - Madison
Northern New York Agricultural Development Program
Pensylvania A new kind of wine 2017
Manitoba Food Development Center Research 2011
Alaska Growing Degree Days

Honeyberry/Haskap Products

St. Fiacres Tea, Willamette Valley, OR
Saskmade, Saskatoon, SK
Icecube Enterprises tincture, Remer, MN
Tongue River Winery, Miles City, MT (online store)
Bemidji Brewing, Bemidji, MN (Honeyberry Sour beer, no online sales) ratebeer.com review
Forager Brewery, Rochester, MN (Hidden Treasures Saison beer, no online sales)
Stone Barn Brandy Portland, OR
Nutracevit Poland
TPK Sava Altai region of northern Russia

Honeyberry/Haskap in the News

2022 Bevnet Elevator Talk
2020 Country Guide Canada
2019 John Deer Furrow magazine article
2019 Stevenson Award for U of S cherries & haskap
2018 117 – Haskap Berries; A Lifetime in Plant Breeding talkingbiotechpodcast
2017-12-06 Fresh Plaza Kapu and Tana
Haskaps, mysterious new Alaskan fruit

Additional Honeyberry Links

Additional Links
Pick Your Own Great resource for finding and processing locally grown.
PSU Wine & Grapes review

Scientific papers
Recent Studies on Berry Bioactives and Their Health-Promoting RolesMolecules 2022
Anthocyanins and antioxidant activity of Lonicera caerulea berry wine during different processes Food Sci. Technol (Campinas) 03 Sept 2021
Effect of Lonicera caerulea var. emphyllocalyx Extracts on Murine Streptococcus pyogenes Infection by Modulating Immune System 2019
Effects of Lonicera caerulea extract on adipocyte differentiation and adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 cells and mouse adipose-derived stem cells (MADSCs koreamed (obesity) 2019
Simultaneous optimization of the acidified water extraction for total anthocyanin content, total phenolic content, and antioxidant activity of blue honeysuckle berries (Lonicera caerulea L.) using response surface methodology Wiley 2019
Methanol extract of Lonicera caerulea var. emphyllocalyx fruit has antibacterial and anti-biofilm activity against Streptococcus pyogenes in vitro Bioscience trends · April 2019
A pilot dose–response study of the acute effects... European Journal of Nutrition Dec. 2018
Impact of Thermal Degradation MDPI 2018
Modulation of Gut Microbiota Molecules 12/5/2018
Inhibitory effect of blue honeysuckle extract on high-fat-diet-induced fatty liver... Animal Nutrition Sept. 2018
Anti-tumor properties of anthocyanins from Lonicera caerulea 'Beilei' fruit on human hepatocellular carcinoma: In vitro and in vivo study Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy 104:520-529 · May 2018
CHEMOPREVENTIVE EFFECT OF HASKAP BERRY POLYPHENOLS AGAINST TOBACCO SPECIFIC NITROSAMINE-INDUCED DNA DAMAGE IN NORMAL LUNG EPITHELIAL CELLS IN VITRO 2017
Isolation of three cyanins from Lonicera caerulea L. fruits and its anticancer activity 2017
Anti-cancer evaluation of various solvent extracts of blue honeysuckle berry (Lonicera caerulea L.) against prostate cancer cells 2017
Antioxidant Activity of Yichun Blue Honeysuckle (YBHS) Berry Counteracts CCl4-Induced Toxicity in Liver Injury Model of Mice Antioxidants (Basel) 2017
Plant Polyphenols as Chemopreventive Agents for Lung Cancer MDPI (not haskap specific), 2016
Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Haskap Cultivars is Polyphenols-Dependent MDPI 2015
RW-Drying-of-Haskap-Berry---Preliminary-Results-on-Anthocyanin-Retention (2015)
Therapeutic Effects of Various Solvent Extracts of Blue Honeysuckle Berry (Lonicera caerulea L.) Against Prostate Cancer Cells Berry Health Symposium 2015 Berry Health.org
Haskap Berries (Lonicera caerulea L.)—a Critical Review of Antioxidant Capacity and Health-Related Studies for Potential Value-Added Products 2014
Post Harvest Ripening Advances in Horticultural Science Aug 2014
Nutritional Study Nova Scotia Agricultural College (2012)
Phenolic Profile of Edible Honeysuckle Berries Molecules 2012
SOURCE OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS: Palacky University, Czech Republic, 2007

Invasiveness research
- Yew Dell 2020
- NWACReasearchNeeds 2019 Minnesota
- ACTAHORT 2018
- ASHS Hort Science 2018
Grant Projects
Minnesota - 2021 on farm yield, pollination and labor requirements
AGRI MN 2020 - Weed control
Practical Farmers of Iowa