I have Chippewa, North Blue, Northsky, and a whole bunch of other kinds. To tell the truth, I don’t find a notable difference in flavor in most of them. St. Cloud and Polaris seem a bit sweeter, and Razz is good. The main difference I find is size of bush and size of berry, plus hardiness. My four or five Kablueys have only born a handful of berries in about ten years. The Chandler gets large berries, but only after very mild winters. Many years it has gotten nothing. Dukes have been pretty sparse, too, as have also the Jerseys. A Spartan and a Nelson got stunted by cold the first year (they arrived leafed out from a southern grower the day we were leaving for a trip), and it took them about ten years before they ever got a berry. I like the Northsky, North Blue, and Chippewa as good as any. Very dependable varieties. It helps to shovel snow over the bushes, but this winter the ground has been nearly bare here near St. Paul, MN. I’ve never heard of a variety called Prairie Berry. I thought that was a term for Haskaps.
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