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Yukon Family is a haskap, or Lonicera caerulea, germplasm entry used by the University of Saskatchewan Fruit Program in 2010 breeding work for greater plant vigour. It was listed as one of the highly vigorous parents used in extensive crosses. It was not described as a finished named cultivar for release. The source traces it to Whitehorse, Yukon, through DNA Gardens in Alberta. [S1]
Its origin is partly uncertain. The report says Yukon Family came from a gardener who had grown several seed generations. It was believed to be based on Russian germplasm and may have been an open-pollinated seedling of Bugnet varieties. [S1]
The fruit was medium sized and mostly rounded, with variable flavour. Some fruit had an unusually bright blue colour. This made the material visually notable, although the source emphasizes vigour more than fruit quality. [S1]
In the breeding program, Yukon Family was part of a vigorous germplasm group used to increase plant growth in new crosses. The fastest seedlings from these crosses were moved early into larger containers, but they did not flower enough for use in 2011 crosses. About 150 of the fastest-growing plants from this series were retained. [S1]
No direct hardiness zone is given. Its Whitehorse origin and use in Saskatchewan haskap breeding place it in a northern prairie and subarctic breeding context, but the source does not give a zone rating for Yukon Family itself. [S1]
Yukon Family should be treated as Yukon-origin haskap breeding material with possible Russian and Bugnet background, not as material with confirmed direct parentage. Its value in the report is mainly as a vigorous parent source for further crossing. Fruit size, shape, colour, and flavour are noted only briefly. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from Haskap Breeding & Production - Final Report, January 2012.
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“Yukon Family From Whitehorse, YK via DNA Gardens, AB Medium sized, mostly rounded fruit, variable flavour, some unusually bright blue colour. From a gardener who grew several generations from seed. Believed to have been based on Russian germplasm, may have been OP seedling of Bugnet varieties?”
— Haskap Breeding & Production - Final Report, January 2012, p41
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 102 | Haskap Breeding & Production - Final Report, January 2012 | unknown | 9 | 0 | 0 | p41 | Identified as highly vigorous germplasm used in extensive crosses in 2010.; May have been an open-pollinated seedling of Bugnet varieties.; Believed to have been based on Russian germplasm.; Reported to come from a garde |
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| 102 | p41 | selection_origin_reference | Identified as highly vigorous germplasm used in extensive crosses in 2010. | Yukon Family From Whitehorse, YK via DNA Gardens, AB Medium sized, mostly rounded fruit, variable flavour, some unusually bright blue colour. From a gardener who grew several generations from seed. Believed to have been | page_block:0.90 |
| 102 | p41 | entry_pedigree | May have been an open-pollinated seedling of Bugnet varieties. | Yukon Family From Whitehorse, YK via DNA Gardens, AB Medium sized, mostly rounded fruit, variable flavour, some unusually bright blue colour. From a gardener who grew several generations from seed. Believed to have been | page_block:0.90 |
| 102 | p41 | entry_pedigree | Believed to have been based on Russian germplasm. | Yukon Family From Whitehorse, YK via DNA Gardens, AB Medium sized, mostly rounded fruit, variable flavour, some unusually bright blue colour. From a gardener who grew several generations from seed. Believed to have been | page_block:0.90 |
| 102 | p41 | selection_origin_reference | Reported to come from a gardener who grew several generations from seed. | Yukon Family From Whitehorse, YK via DNA Gardens, AB Medium sized, mostly rounded fruit, variable flavour, some unusually bright blue colour. From a gardener who grew several generations from seed. Believed to have been | page_block:0.90 |
| 102 | p41 | fruit_color | Some fruit are described as unusually bright blue in colour. | Yukon Family From Whitehorse, YK via DNA Gardens, AB Medium sized, mostly rounded fruit, variable flavour, some unusually bright blue colour. From a gardener who grew several generations from seed. Believed to have been | page_block:0.90 |
| 102 | p41 | flavor_profile | Flavor described as variable. | Yukon Family From Whitehorse, YK via DNA Gardens, AB Medium sized, mostly rounded fruit, variable flavour, some unusually bright blue colour. From a gardener who grew several generations from seed. Believed to have been | page_block:0.90 |
| 102 | p41 | description_snippet | Fruit described as mostly rounded. | Yukon Family From Whitehorse, YK via DNA Gardens, AB Medium sized, mostly rounded fruit, variable flavour, some unusually bright blue colour. From a gardener who grew several generations from seed. Believed to have been | page_block:0.90 |
| 102 | p41 | fruit_size | Fruit described as medium sized. | Yukon Family From Whitehorse, YK via DNA Gardens, AB Medium sized, mostly rounded fruit, variable flavour, some unusually bright blue colour. From a gardener who grew several generations from seed. Believed to have been | page_block:0.90 |
| 102 | p41 | entry_location | Source listed as from Whitehorse, Yukon via DNA Gardens, Alberta. | Yukon Family From Whitehorse, YK via DNA Gardens, AB Medium sized, mostly rounded fruit, variable flavour, some unusually bright blue colour. From a gardener who grew several generations from seed. Believed to have been | page_block:0.90 |
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| selection_origin_reference | Identified as highly vigorous germplasm used in extensive crosses in 2010. | 0.96 |
| entry_pedigree | May have been an open-pollinated seedling of Bugnet varieties. | 0.77 |
| entry_pedigree | Believed to have been based on Russian germplasm. | 0.84 |
| selection_origin_reference | Reported to come from a gardener who grew several generations from seed. | 0.92 |
| fruit_color | Some fruit are described as unusually bright blue in colour. | 0.93 |
| flavor_profile | Flavor described as variable. | 0.93 |
| description_snippet | Fruit described as mostly rounded. | 0.90 |
| fruit_size | Fruit described as medium sized. | 0.94 |
| entry_location | Source listed as from Whitehorse, Yukon via DNA Gardens, Alberta. | 0.98 |
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