Ukraine has grown the world's largest honeysuckle berries

A record size of honeysuckle berry was obtained at the test site of FruTek LLC in Vinnytsia region, on a new variety of Canadian selection Boreal Beauty. The weight of the largest berry was 6.57 g. This was reported on the page of the company "FruTech" on its Facebook page. "According to the breed's breeder, Mr. Robert Bors, in Saskatchewan, Canada (where Boreal Beauty was created), the average weight of this variety is 2.6 g, and the maximum weight of individual fruits can reach up to 3.7 g. Mr. Bors was really impressed with the result achieved in Ukraine, "the statement reads. FruTech notes that the Boreal Beauty variety differs not only in the size of the fruit and the shape of the berry (thanks to which, by the way, it got its name), this variety is also the most productive of more than 25+ varieties of various breeding programs tested on research area of the company. Thus, for the third year after planting, which was carried out by two-year-old seedlings in autumn 2018, this ...