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Cultivar development of edible-fruited honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea L.)

Conventional plant breeding activities were carried on for multiple years. Promising second generation seedlings were chosen as parents to produce third generation seedlings. Seedlings from past crosses moved from the greenhouse to the field. Evaluations of all plants included bush size and growth habit, bloom dates and estimated amount of flowers, berry characteristics including BRIX analyses, and yield of each bush.

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