Haskap Planting Tutorial - Haskap Haven Farms

The following video highlights Karl Schreiber's haskap planting on his farm, Haskap Haven Farms, at Pierceland, SK.  Nice job!  :)  (Heavenly Blue Haskap Productions, Hamish Graham, supervising)

U of SK Announces Two New Haskap Selections

The University of Saskatchewan has announced the pending release of two new haskap selections, Boreal Beauty and Boreal Blizzard.  Larger in size and mid-to-late season, these berries can hold the potential for bountiful fruit production throughout the summer.  These will be available in 2015/2016.

New Brunswick Haskap Workshop

Dr. Bob Bors will be speaking at a workshop in St-Basile, New Brunswick on October 25th.  Don Northcott (Phytocultures) will also speak.  Weather permitting there will be a tour of a Haskap orchard.  For more detailed information click here.

Winemaking With Haskap

It requires about 6 kg/13 lbs of haskap berries to make a batch of wine with the recipe that is posted on the U of SK haskap website.  In Haskap Wines At The U of Sk Fruit Program, Peter Reimer tells about what he discovered concerning yeasts, styles of wine, and gives a basic background for starting your own batch.  You'll need a 5 gallon, food-grade bucket, sterilizing solution, a sheet of plastic for the top of the bucket when you begin, a large carboy, a syphon tube, and the following ingredients: 4 kg / 9 lb cane sugar, a packet of yeast, yeast nutrient, potassium metabisulphate, and wine tannin.  (The later, specific additives only cost a few dollars and will provide you with enough tho make several batches of wine.)  The recipe works!  It's probably best to talk to a friend who has made wine before if this is your first attempt...but the results can be delightful.   Thank you, Peter!