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Honeywood is a saskatoon, described as an Amelanchier alnifolia seedling selected in Saskatchewan. Sources connect it to Honeywood Nursery at Parkside, Saskatchewan. They list its introduction in 1973, and one prairie production guide names Lakeshore Tree Farms in Saskatoon as the introducer. It was bred from northern Saskatchewan seedling material and became one of the named prairie saskatoons carried forward in recommendation lists for cold regions. [S1] [S2]
Sources describe the bush as productive and large fruited, with pleasant tasting berries borne in clusters of up to 15. This helps explain why Honeywood remained notable among prairie saskatoon cultivars. It was selected not just for hardiness, but also for useful fruit production. [S1]
Prairie recommendations place Honeywood in both more favorable and less favorable zones. The same guide states that hardiness is generally not a limiting factor for saskatoons developed in Saskatchewan and Alberta across the prairies. A Manitoba guide also recommends Honeywood for northern Manitoba and places it in the Canadian mid late season group. Together, the direct geographic evidence places it firmly in prairie cold climate use, even though the packet gives no explicit hardiness zone. [S1] [S3]
Honeywood also sits within a broader prairie saskatoon lineage with cultivars such as Pembina, Smoky, and Thiessen, which appear beside it in recommendation tables. These were the named selections that defined cultivated saskatoon growing across the Prairie Provinces, moving the fruit from wild harvest and local seedlings toward repeatable orchard and garden planting. [S1]
One source in the packet lists a Honeywood plum from Honeywood Nursery with a 1956 date and small dark purple processing fruit. That record does not match the saskatoon evidence and appears to refer to a different cultivar with the same name. [S2]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from Tree fruit production for the Prairie Provinces, with 2 additional supporting sources linked below.
Featured source descriptions
“Developed from northern Saskatchewan seedlings.”
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“Fruit borne in clusters of up to 15 berries.”
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“Fruit pleasant-tasting.”
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“Bush productive.”
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Zone assertions are structured rows. Hardiness claim text appears in evidence claims and page-linked citations.
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 111 | Fruit Crops for Northern Manitoba | unknown | 2 | 0 | 0 | p15 | Recommended for northern Manitoba as a Canadian mid-late season Saskatoon variety.; Honeywood is presented in the Saskatoon section as a Saskatoon variety. |
| 143 | Recommended fruit Varieties | unknown | 1 | 0 | 0 | p2 | Listed as a mid-season saskatoon variety; section harvest timing is Mid to late July. |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 143 | p2 | recommendation_context | Listed as a mid-season saskatoon variety; section harvest timing is Mid to late July. | Mid Season: Honeywood, Parkhill (most disease resistant) | page_block:0.90 |
| 111 | p15 | recommendation_context | Recommended for northern Manitoba as a Canadian mid-late season Saskatoon variety. | Saskatoon varieties recommended for northern Manitoba are Canadian mid-late season: · Honeywood | page_block:0.90 |
| 111 | p15 | taxon_context | Honeywood is presented in the Saskatoon section as a Saskatoon variety. | Saskatoon varieties recommended for northern Manitoba are Canadian mid-late season: · Honeywood | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| recommendation_context | Listed as a mid-season saskatoon variety; section harvest timing is Mid to late July. | 0.97 |
| recommendation_context | Recommended for northern Manitoba as a Canadian mid-late season Saskatoon variety. | 0.99 |
| taxon_context | Honeywood is presented in the Saskatoon section as a Saskatoon variety. | 0.98 |
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