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Upright with vigorous growth habit. Medium branching structure and develops dome shape crown. Tart and sweet / flavoursome berries.

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Description

Overview: One of Sophia Łukaszewska Polish varieties. Tart and Sweet/flavoursome berries
Origin: Polish and Russian/Kamczacka – Lonicera kamtschatica Sevast. Pojark and Lonicera edulis Turcz
Plant Size and Shape: Width 6 feet x Height 4.5 feet. Upright with vigorous growth habit. Medium branching structure and develops dome shape crown
Productivity: 8 pounds in fourth or fifth grow year
Needed Pollinator: Any other unrelated or Polish Honeyberry cultivar blooming at a similar time – Jewel or Veil
Harvest Window: Late season within general mid June to mid July window
Other harvest notes: Harvest at Brix of 15 plus. Machine harvestableBerry Size: 2.0 to 2.5 cm (about 3/4 inch)
Shape: Medium oval – berry shape 2
Stem Scar: Dry when ripen
Hardiness: Zones 2-4, 3-7 in the East coast, 5-9 in the West coast, 2-7 in central part of North America
Chilling Hours required: 1,000 to 1,200 plus hoursFlowers bloom: April
Soil pH: Tolerates 5 to 7, but ideal 6.4 and Soil type: Natural rich balanced and fungal soil
Planting time: 
Fall preferred
Plant spacing: 4 to 5 feet. Avoid aggressive tilling under maturing bushes, as damages the carpet type roots and Row spacing: 10 to 12 feet
Pruning: Annual pruning not required. After 10 years of fruiting consider cutting back the central woody stems to about one and a half feet