High yield, vigorous, early ripening haskap, with sweet/tart, persistent fruit. Origin: Corvallis, OR, by M.M. Thompson. L. caerulea #21-78 × L. caerulea # 41-75; crossed 2006; selected 2009; tested as 108-42; introd. 2016. USPP 28,664; 21 Nov. 2017; CPBR pending. Tree: vigorous; growth habit upright-spreading; flowers frost tolerant; adapted well in USDA Zone 8b, expected hardy to Zone 4; no significant diseases or pest problems observed; yields high, 3.6 kg/8-year bush. Fruit: size medium; ovate-rectangular with a blunt concave apex, skin blue, bloom white; firmness medium; flavor sweet/tart, 13-15 oBrix; fruit persistent; ripens early midseason, 7 June in Corvallis, 7-12 d before Kapu or Keiko.
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