High yield, vigorous, late ripening haskap with frost-tolerant flowers; sweet/tart, firm, stores well. Origin: Corvallis, OR, by M.M. Thompson. L. caerulea Bibai #8 o.p.; seed collected in 2000; selected 2004; tested as 22-26; introd. 2016. USPP 26,642; 26 Apr. 2016; 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, 3.4 kg/7-year bush. Fruit: medium-large; ovoid; skin blue, bloom white; firmness medium; flavor sweet/tart; 13-14 oBrix, attachment medium; non-tearing skin; retains firmness and taste 4 weeks in cold storage; ripens early midseason, 17 June in Corvallis.
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