Early blooming blue honeysuckle. Origin: Bakcharskii Agricultural Station of the M.A. Lisavenko Siberian Horticultural Research Institute, Tomsk, Russia, by I.K. Gidzuk and Z.I. Luchnik. Delfin (= Dolfin) open pollinated; introd. in 1987. Tree: Fruit: early-mid-season ripening, good tasting; medium size, 0.9 g; ascorbic acid content 46 mg/100 g; 7.5% SS; taste is sour-sweet. Plant medium yielding, 1.8 to 2.5 kg/bush; grows to 1.5 m tall; cross pollination needed; harder to propagate than other cultivars.
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