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Giants Heart Haskap (Honeyberry) vs Red Mammoth Raspberry

Rubus sp. SK Red Mammoth

Lonicera caerulea Giants Heart

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Red Mammoth Raspberry
Giants Heart Haskap (Honeyberry)

Developed by the University of Saskatchewan Fruit Program, SK. Red Mammoth was a high yielding and firm variety released in 1999. It produces distinctively large bright red berries about 1 inch wide. It is also more cold hardy than older raspberry cultivars. Red Mammoth is firm which makes it suitable for commercial production and sweeter than Boyne. Floricane.

Needs to be trellised as canes are not as sturdy as other varieties.

The Giants Heart Haskap is a late-ripening shrub that blooms with small white flowers and produces large, firm blue berries that are ready for harvest in late July. Their taste is typically described as something between a raspberry and a blueberry.

The Giants Heart Haskap, or Giants Heart Honeyberry is suitable for commercial growth as it is high yielding with sweet berries, cold-hardy and a vigorous grower.

Giants Heart is a late pollinating variety. Pair with other late pollinators to have a higher yield.
Kawaii is a great companion variety.

Red Mammoth Raspberry Quick Facts

Giants Heart Haskap (Honeyberry) Quick Facts

Zone: 4a
Zone: 2a
Height: 2.4 m (8 ft)
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: any
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Berries: very large
Firmness: firm
Flavor: sweet
Flavor: very sweet
Harvest: June-July
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Maintenance: medium
Maintenance: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: none




Other Names: giants heart honeyberry