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Haskaps Aurora – 24″ 2g Potted
$25.00
Description
Aurora is a popular variety of haskap berry, known for its sweet and slightly tart flavor profile, described as a cross between a raspberry and a blueberry. It’s a productive variety, producing large berries easily picked, and ripens late spring to early summer. Aurora haskaps are well-suited for fresh eating, baking, and making preserves.
Here’s a more detailed look at Aurora Haskap:
Flavor and Use:
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Taste:Aurora berries are known for their sweet flavor with a slight tartness, described as a blend of raspberry and blueberry.
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Versatility:They are versatile berries, suitable for fresh eating, freezing, baking, and making jams and jellies.
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Nutritional Value:Aurora berries are rich in vitamins, fiber, and antioxidants, making them a healthy and flavorful choice.
Haskap, an exciting new crop for North America, is particularly well suited for northern areas. Its unique, complex taste is reminiscent of a tasty blend of blueberries, raspberries and blackberries.
Its powder blue to dark blue fruits are elongated and grow on a shrub 4 to 5 feet tall at maturity. Cameos have an extremely high antioxidant value (ORAC) with significant amounts of anthocyanins, polyphenols and bioflavanoids :
The qualities that make it a plant of choice for northern cultivation refer to its high resistance to cold for the shrub (-47 degrees Celsius) and for its flowers (-7 degrees Celsius) as well as its ability to remain dormant during a winter mildness.
The camerisier requires cross-pollination to obtain an optimal yield. Good pollinator Borealis and Berry Blue.
