Cultivar 1916: Czech#17 (Berry Blue)

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Czech#17, also listed as Berry Blue, is a haskap selection in the University of Saskatchewan Fruit Program collection. The report places it in the program's Lonicera caerulea breeding work and identifies it as highly vigorous germplasm used in many 2010 crosses. [S1]

Its source is listed as the Czech Republic via Jim Gilbert, with a related source abbreviation for Jim Gilbert / Northwoods Nursery in Oregon. The report also lists it as part of the University of Saskatchewan germplasm collection acquired in 1998. [S1]

The fruit was not presented as a quality benchmark. The berries are small, the flavour is OK, and about 25 percent of the fruit tends to drop. [S1]

The plant's main value was vigour. Czech#17 was described as the tallest of the program's Russian germplasm received before 2004. It was grouped with other vigorous parents used to increase plant size and growth in the 2010 crossing program. [S1]

The report does not give a direct hardiness zone for Czech#17. Its cold-climate relevance comes from its role in the Saskatchewan haskap breeding program and its use as parent material in prairie breeding work. [S1]

Czech#17 was treated as breeding germplasm, not as a finished dessert cultivar. The report notes that Magadon and Czech#17 were "far from being wild," suggesting that fewer generations might be needed to recover fruit quality and size than with more primitive vigorous material. [S1]

Summary source basis

This summary currently draws chiefly from Haskap Breeding & Production - Final Report, January 2012.

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“Czech#17 (Berry Blue) From Czech Republic via Jim Gilbert OK flavour, small berries, 25% of fruit tends to drop off. Tallest of our Russian germplasm received before 2004.”
Haskap Breeding & Production - Final Report, January 2012, p41
“1998 Jim Gilbert / Northwoods Nursery, Oregon, USA ... Czech #17 (Berry Blue)”
Haskap Breeding & Production - Final Report, January 2012, p109

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102Haskap Breeding & Production - Final Report, January 2012unknown1000p41 p109Shown with the alternate name Berry Blue.; Listed under source Jim Gilbert / Northwoods Nursery, Oregon, USA.; Listed in Table 2 as part of the University of Saskatchewan germplasm collection acquired in 1998.; Magadon a

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102p109description_snippetShown with the alternate name Berry Blue.1998 Jim Gilbert / Northwoods Nursery, Oregon, USA ... Czech #17 (Berry Blue)page_block:0.90
102p109source_reference_abbreviationListed under source Jim Gilbert / Northwoods Nursery, Oregon, USA.1998 Jim Gilbert / Northwoods Nursery, Oregon, USA ... Czech #17 (Berry Blue)page_block:0.90
102p109selection_origin_referenceListed in Table 2 as part of the University of Saskatchewan germplasm collection acquired in 1998.1998 Jim Gilbert / Northwoods Nursery, Oregon, USA ... Czech #17 (Berry Blue)page_block:0.90
102p41description_snippetMagadon and Czech#17 are far from being wild so the number of generations needed may not be so many.Czech#17 (Berry Blue) From Czech Republic via Jim Gilbert OK flavour, small berries, 25% of fruit tends to drop off. Tallest of our Russian germplasm received before 2004.page_block:0.90
102p41selection_origin_referenceIdentified as highly vigorous germplasm used in extensive crosses in 2010.Czech#17 (Berry Blue) From Czech Republic via Jim Gilbert OK flavour, small berries, 25% of fruit tends to drop off. Tallest of our Russian germplasm received before 2004.page_block:0.90
102p41growth_habitDescribed as the tallest of the program's Russian germplasm received before 2004.Czech#17 (Berry Blue) From Czech Republic via Jim Gilbert OK flavour, small berries, 25% of fruit tends to drop off. Tallest of our Russian germplasm received before 2004.page_block:0.90
102p41productivityAbout 25% of fruit tends to drop off.Czech#17 (Berry Blue) From Czech Republic via Jim Gilbert OK flavour, small berries, 25% of fruit tends to drop off. Tallest of our Russian germplasm received before 2004.page_block:0.90
102p41fruit_sizeBerries described as small.Czech#17 (Berry Blue) From Czech Republic via Jim Gilbert OK flavour, small berries, 25% of fruit tends to drop off. Tallest of our Russian germplasm received before 2004.page_block:0.90
102p41flavor_profileFlavor described as OK.Czech#17 (Berry Blue) From Czech Republic via Jim Gilbert OK flavour, small berries, 25% of fruit tends to drop off. Tallest of our Russian germplasm received before 2004.page_block:0.90
102p41entry_locationSource listed as from the Czech Republic via Jim Gilbert.Czech#17 (Berry Blue) From Czech Republic via Jim Gilbert OK flavour, small berries, 25% of fruit tends to drop off. Tallest of our Russian germplasm received before 2004.page_block:0.90

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description_snippetShown with the alternate name Berry Blue.0.97
source_reference_abbreviationListed under source Jim Gilbert / Northwoods Nursery, Oregon, USA.0.98
selection_origin_referenceListed in Table 2 as part of the University of Saskatchewan germplasm collection acquired in 1998.0.98
description_snippetMagadon and Czech#17 are far from being wild so the number of generations needed may not be so many.0.84
selection_origin_referenceIdentified as highly vigorous germplasm used in extensive crosses in 2010.0.96
growth_habitDescribed as the tallest of the program's Russian germplasm received before 2004.0.95
productivityAbout 25% of fruit tends to drop off.0.91
fruit_sizeBerries described as small.0.95
flavor_profileFlavor described as OK.0.93
entry_locationSource listed as from the Czech Republic via Jim Gilbert.0.98

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