[{"source_document_id":102,"title":"Haskap Breeding & Production - Final Report, January 2012","url":"https://research-groups.usask.ca/fruit/documents/haskap/20080042.pdf","rights_status":"unknown","evidence_claim_count":91,"relationship_count":0,"history_event_count":0,"sample_snippets":["Figure 32 states that haskap bushes have branches close to the ground and that the pictured row was the source of selection for Borealis.","The row shown in Figure 32 is identified as the row from which the variety Borealis was selected.","Selections that had big fat berries were the best in late holding quality comparisons.","In the unharvested-row observation, Borealis was among the selections whose fruit quality held up best over time on the plant."]},{"source_document_id":131,"title":"‘Aurora’ & ‘Borealis’ Haskap","url":"https://research-groups.usask.ca/fruit/documents/haskap/AuroraBorealisArticle.pdf","rights_status":"unknown","evidence_claim_count":25,"relationship_count":0,"history_event_count":0,"sample_snippets":["The page continues an inherited comparison of Aurora and Borealis attributes from the previous page, with the visible sentence stating that both show good mildew resistance.","Borealis is included with Aurora in the page's statement that both have good resistance to mildew, a problem in more southern locations.","'Borealis' is a haskap plant; the page states haskap plants are not separated into male and female plants and all are capable of producing fruit with a compatible same-blooming companion and bees.","As with all haskap varieties, open flowers can take -7°C without damage."]},{"source_document_id":147,"title":"New Haskap Varieties from the University of Saskatchewan","url":"https://research-groups.usask.ca/fruit/documents/haskap/new_varieties.pdf","rights_status":"unknown","evidence_claim_count":13,"relationship_count":0,"history_event_count":0,"sample_snippets":["The flavour explanation states there was a preference for Borealis as the best tasting of the compared group.","The explanatory text says Borealis is either a late variety or may always have a wet scar.","Scar is listed as wet; stems rating is a; integrity rating is c+.","Fruit shape is listed as short flat boxy; fruit end is listed as small + bb."]},{"source_document_id":110,"title":"Growing Haskap in Canada","url":"https://research-groups.usask.ca/fruit/documents/haskap/growinghaskapinCanada.pdf","rights_status":"unknown","evidence_claim_count":11,"relationship_count":0,"history_event_count":0,"sample_snippets":["Same multi-variety field observations note that some types showed late fruit dehydration while others retained fruit, with Borealis grouped with high-performing big-fruited selections.","In unharvested row tests, berries remained good at least through late August to early September depending on year conditions, implying extended field-holding potential for larger-fruited selections including Borealis.","Borealis is explicitly cited as a selection with large, fat berries and judged among the best in unharvested holding trials.","Leaves of Borealis showed less powdery mildew than other tested varieties in this program context."]},{"source_document_id":143,"title":"Recommended fruit Varieties","url":"https://research-groups.usask.ca/fruit/documents/other-crops-/Popular-fruit-Varieties-2019-Handout.pdf","rights_status":"unknown","evidence_claim_count":7,"relationship_count":0,"history_event_count":0,"sample_snippets":["Fruit is harder to pick because it is hidden from view; one hand is needed to open the bush while the other picks.","Late in the season the fruits come off cleanly.","For most of the season fruits hold on tight and tear when picked, so they need to be used right away.","Has a thick branching habit, wide leaves, and a beautifully symmetrical rounded bush form, but the foliage hides fruit."]},{"source_document_id":141,"title":"Haskap Pollinator Breeding in 2009","url":"https://research-groups.usask.ca/fruit/documents/haskap/Haskap-Pollinator-Research-in-2009.pdf","rights_status":"unknown","evidence_claim_count":4,"relationship_count":0,"history_event_count":0,"sample_snippets":["In 2010, six advanced selections were planned to be cross pollinated with Borealis and Tundra to check pollen compatibility and similar bloom time.","Borealis and Tundra are stated to be too closely related and not to pollinate each other very well.","The selection goal was to find a higher quality pollinator for Borealis and Tundra.","Borealis is described as one of the program's recently released varieties."]},{"source_document_id":146,"title":"Breeding the Boreal Series of Haskap (Lonicera caerulea)","url":"https://research-groups.usask.ca/fruit/documents/haskap/cshs-Poster-2017.pdf","rights_status":"unknown","evidence_claim_count":4,"relationship_count":0,"history_event_count":0,"sample_snippets":["Referenced as a University of Saskatchewan haskap variety in the Lonicera caerulea breeding program.","Early University of Saskatchewan breeding was limited to only four parents obtained in 1998.","These early varieties showed superior characteristics for fruit quality and size compared to their parents.","Described as one of the first University of Saskatchewan varieties, produced as hybrids between Russian and Kuril accessions."]}]