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From Renouf Farms orchards to you! We are located near MELFORT and proudly serve beautiful NE Saskatchewan!
Simply proceed 3 miles west of Melfort on Hwy #3 and go north 2 1/2 miles on Mount Forest Road
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HEALTH BENEFITS
 HASKAP VARIETIES
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 WHAT'S NEW

At Renouf Farms our varieties of Haskap have a fresh raspberry/blueberry flavour with a special zing found only in Haskaps. The plants grow well in our climate and are the first fruit crop to ripen each season (earlier than strawberries by a few weeks). The plant is well behaved: it doesn’t sucker, has no thorns, needs little pruning in early years and tends to fruit when very young. Renouf Farms has been operating a you-pick berry operation for over 10 years with Saskatoons and Raspberries and we are excited to add Haskaps to the orchard. Extensive research indicates that the flavour and health benefits will create a very high demand for these berries and we plan to be there to satisfy that demand.
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This chart shows the comparative ripening times of the different fruit varieties in Saskatchewan. The weather in the spring can have a great effect on the start and end times of this chart!

Our Haskap plants were developed at the University of Saskatchewan fruit breeding program thanks to Dr. Bob Bors who has been working diligently to improve the edible blue honeysuckle since 1997. The 7 most recent and successful varieties are represented in our orchard and hopefully will ensure a constant supply of ripening berries for 5 weeks. Our plants were mainly purchased at Haskap Central Sales in Henribourg with some purchased directly from the University during plant sales days in June and some at Young Plants Canada in Elrose.
HEALTH INFORMATION:

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A Great source of many Essential Vitamins and Minerals
 
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All the varieties are high in antioxidants
and other healthy chemicals as shown here.
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The potential health benefits of haskap

Health promotional benefits of haskap are known for centuries.

Haskap berries are rich in vitamin C and polyphenols especially anthocyanins.

The major bioactive anthocyanin of haskap is cyanidin-3-O-glucoside (C3G).

Evidence shows cytoprotection and disease prevention physiological functions.

Haskap can be used in natural health products targeting specific chronic and metabolic diseases.

Journal of Functional Foods

The potential health benefits of haskap (Lonicera caerulea L.): Role of cyanidin-3-O-glucoside:

Haskap (Lonicera caerulea L.), an emerging commercial fruit crop in North America, has been known for its medicinal benefits by the people of Russia, Japan, and Northeastern China for centuries. The vitamin C content in haskap berries, ranging between 29 and 187 mg/100 g, is significantly higher than in other vitamin C rich sources such as oranges, strawberries, and raspberries. Cyanidin-3-O-glucoside (C3G) is the major anthocyanin present in haskap comprising about 79–92% of its total anthocyanin content and over 60% of the total polyphenols. Considerable evidence shows significant antioxidant, cardio-protective, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, anticancer, and anti-diabetic properties of C3G-rich haskap preparations and C3G alone both in vitro and in vivo. This review broadly discusses the in vitro and pre-clinical significance of haskap-mediated cytoprotection and disease prevention; thereby, we strongly suggest further exploration of C3G-rich haskap preparations as potential functional food, dietary antioxidant supplements as well as natural health products targeting specific chronic and metabolic diseases. The full study can be found here.
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