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Jahns Prairie Gooseberry vs Indigo Gem Haskap (Honeyberry)

Ribes oxyacanthoides Jahns Prairie

Lonicera caerulea Indigo Gem

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Jahns Prairie Gooseberry
Indigo Gem Haskap (Honeyberry)

Jahns Prairie Gooseberry produces large, delicious red fruit.

Found in the Red Deer River valley by Dr. Otto Jahn in 1984. This cultivar was found to resist insects and disease, tolerate frost, and produce high quality fruit.

Indigo Gem has fruit similar in size and firmness to the Tundra variety, making it suitable for commercial production or your home garden.

Indigo Gem is an early pollinating variety. Pair with other early pollinators to have a higher yield.
Berry Blue or Aurora are great companion varieties.

JAHNS PRAIRIE GOOSEBERRY QUICK FACTS

INDIGO GEM HASKAP (HONEYBERRY) QUICK FACTS

Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Fall colour: yellow
Berries: red-pink berries
Berries: elongated berries, firm and great tasting (sweet tangy)
Harvest: mid to late July
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: short
Life span: short
Suckering: none
Suckering: none





Other Names: haskap sk 9-15