WELCOME FELLOW CANADIANS & NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH

WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE HASKAP CENTRAL SALES IS NOW LICENSED TO EXPORT CULTIVARS "TUNDRA" AND "BOREALIS" TO THE UNITED STATES.

THE DEMAND FOR THIS PLANT IS EXTREMELY STRONG.  We are SOLD OUT for Spring Planting.  Click on the PRODUCTS TAB to order your plants TODAY and AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT of your FAVORITE CULTIVAR being SOLD OUT for FALL PLANTING!

We will be away from July 31st to August 8th...  All email repies and phone messages will be returned when we get back August 9th...

HAPPY SUMMER!!!

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR CURRENT CUSTOMERS AND HOPE THIS YEAR'S GROWING SEASON IS A FRUITFUL ONE FOR ALL...

(Two year old Borealis growing near Hagen, Saskatchewan)

  Haskap Central is now exporting haskap plant material to the USA.  Our website is dedicated to the sale and agronomics of Canadian grown Haskap also known as Blue Honeysuckle, Honeyberry, Edible Honeysuckles, Sweetberry Honeysuckles, Lonicera caerulea L., Honeyberries and Haskappu.

Cultivars that achieve the designation - Haskap; are of the highest quality acceptable to the Japanese market.

Our Mission is to grow quality Canadian Haskap berry plants for our North American customers while maintaining the knowledge necessary to assist them with current and relevant agronomic information to make their berry growing experience enjoyable and fruitful.  Our strong relationship with the breeder of haskap ensures Haskap Central will be on the leading edge of all haskap developments.

Our passion for the land and the bounty it can provide led us several years ago to the blue honeysuckle Lonicera caerulea L.  We have been actively developing a knowledge base by assisting the University of Saskatchewan Horticulture Department with agronomic and promotional work.  As well as by working with our own plants, trials and orchards ever since.

When the University of Saskatchewan released the improved cultivars of edible blue honeysuckle; that being Tundra, Borealis, 9-15, 9-91 and 9-92 (haskap) we became one of the first licenced propagators.

These years of hands on participation have enabled us to develop a productive relationship with Dr. Bob Bors, the haskap breeder. This relationship, our extensive experience with farming, years of propagating, combined with our agro-forestry initiatives have provided us with the tools necessary to get your new plants off to a proper start.

For example, Haskap Central Sales Ltd. was the FIRST licenced propagator to provide fruit stock in styroblocks versus the more common 2 1/2" pots. Styroblock grown plants have a superior root mass and are also easier for our customers to transport and plant.  **Remember, when buying plants from Haskap Central, you are purchasing a superior root mass!  Our plugs contain 10.37 cubic inches of rootmass!!!

We as horticulturists, agroforesters, and farmers are committed to continuing our education so that we can provide quality plants and service to you, our customer.  In addition to operating a plant propagation and sales business, the shareholders of Haskap Central Sales Ltd. have commercial haskap orchard interests.

Curtis and Carl initiated the development of a community based corporate orchard of haskap (Northern Light Orchards Ltd). Curtis and Leslie are developing their own orchard (Living Sky Growers Ltd.)  Several of the University of Saskatchewan's seedlings in our trial plots look promising and may provide a new selection for eventual release as a commercial cultivar.

We enjoy meeting with new and existing contacts to share haskap experiences and to determine your requirements whether it is for a few plants or enough for a commercial orchard.  We look forward to meeting with you and sharing this plant's bounty.

Curtis, Carl, and Leslie

About This Shrub:

* "First Fruit" of the Season

* Extremely Cold Hardy to -48 degrees Celsius

* Blossoms resistant to -8 degrees Celsius

* No Suckering - This is a NON-invasive specie

* Acceptable to Japanese market due to its superior flavor, shape and size

* Early fruiting provides organic opportunities

* Selected for mechanical harvesting

* High level of Antioxidants and Vitamin C

* Haskap cultivars released by the University of Saskatchewan require an unrelated cultivar to produce fruit

Cultivars Released in 2007 by the University of Saskatchewan

"9.15"

* We consider this the ultimate for processing and harvesting

* Mother plant had more than double the fruit of Tundra & Borealis

* Firm skin suitable for processing

* Excellent flavor

"Tundra"

* Breeder's "Pick" for commercial harvesting

* Excellent flavor, shape and size

"Borealis"

* Cultivar selected best for U-Pick or home gardeners

* Large fruit size, sweetest cultivar

*Tends to bleed

"Pollinators"

* Haskap cultivars released by the University of Saskatchewan need an unrelated cultivar with similar flowering times for proper fruit set

* The University of Saskatchewan is scheduled to release a high quality pollinator in 2010

* Haskap Central is planning to have this pollinator available for fall planting in 2010